{"id":27154,"date":"2012-01-23T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=27154"},"modified":"2012-01-23T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T18:12:12","slug":"techlicious-drug-addict-internet-addict-brains-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/techlicious-drug-addict-internet-addict-brains-similar\/","title":{"rendered":"Techlicious: Drug Addict &#038; Internet Addict Brains Similar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110816techliscious.jpg\" alt=\"suzanne\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Alex Porter for Techlicious<\/p>\n<p>New research conducted by the Chinese Academy of Science published in the journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0020708\">PLos One<\/a> revealed that the brain properties of web-addicted adolescents are similar to those addicted to drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>The study, which looked at 17 kids with signs of Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) and 17 with normal web use, found one important difference: the brains of kids prone to IAD showed a disruption to connections in the nerve fibers that link areas governing emotion, decision making and self-control.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/images\/computers\/boy-computer-dark-368px.jpg\" title=\"computer\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"368\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/blog\/drug-addict-and-internet-addict-brains-similar-study-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Techlicious.<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"1\">PC Pitstop is proud to welcome our friends at Techlicious as guest contributors. 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