Researchers are only just beginning to piece together the complex ways that technology affects young minds, but a new study raises some serious concerns.

A paper published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, better known as JAMA, explored the relationship between social media use and cognitive performance in kids starting at age 9.

The new research drew on data collected from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, a massive, long-term study on adolescent health and brain development being conducted in the U.S. The ABCD study is currently following almost 12,000 children from age 9 to 10 as they age, with a particular focus on how things like sports, video games, technology, and other common childhood experiences shape health and behavior outcom

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