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Suneeta Sunny

Internet Addiction In Adolescence Alters Brains: Study

The review results indicate that teenagers with internet addiction have significant disruptions in brain signaling compared to those without the addiction. (Credit: Image by Freepik)

Here's a warning note for those teens glued to the internet. Researchers have discovered that internet addiction in young people could alter their brains, and disrupt the signaling in critical neural networks impacting decision-making, attention, memory, coordination, and mental health.

Internet addiction refers to the stage in which people have "excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges, or behaviors regarding computer use and Internet access that lead to impairment or distress."

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