High Wired: Does Addictive Internet Use Restructure the Brain?
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 11:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Kids spend an increasing fraction of their formative years online, and it is a habit they dutifully carry into adulthood. Under the right circumstances, however, a love affair with the Internet may spiral out of control and even become an addiction.Whereas descriptions of online addiction are controversial at best among researchers, a new study cuts through much of the debate and hints that excessive time online can physically rewire a brain. [More]