It has published his research in the science magazine Plos One in the hope that their discovery will lead to new ways of treating zavisnichkoto behavior.
What exactly does that mean? Internet addiction is characterized as a clinical disorder characterized by uncontrolled internet usage. The research team led by Hao Leij from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan has scanned the brains of 35 men and women aged between 14 and 21. For seventeen of them is "determined" that have so-called disorder or Internet addiction (internet addiction disorder - IAD). Based on positive responses to questions such as for example "Do you ever unsuccessfully tried to cut down or control Internet use, or to completely stop using it? With magnetic resonance imaging revealed changes in the white substance in the brain, the part containing nerve fibers in those who previously placed in the group of Internet addicts. Among those who reported no addictive behavior such changes were detected in the brain.
They say there is strong evidence for the interruption of nerve fibers in the link that connect the brain involved in emotions, decision making and self control. The theory agrees and Professor Gunter Schumann, the Department of Biological Psychiatry at King's College London, told BBC News that similar behavior has been observed in the video game addicts.
This is the first time two different studies to show changes in neuronal connections between different parts of the brain and changes in brain functioning in people who frequently use the Internet or video games added to the scientists. They believe that it is a "revolutionary" discovery, but it proved to be necessary to conduct much research, which will certainly include a number of respondents.
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