New Study for Internet Addiction Disorder
- Reported, January 18, 2012
 (Ivanhoe
Newswire) – When one typically thinks of addictions, Internet Addiction Disorder
may not be the first addiction that comes to mind. Internet Addiction Disorder
or IAD, is characterized by an individual’s inability to control his/her
Internet usage. Previous studies of IAD have heavily relied on psychological
questionnaires to understand the disorder, but Hao Lei of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences in Wuhan and his team, have found that IAD may be attributed to an
abnormal white matter structure typically found in the brain.
Hao and his colleagues used MRI technique to investigate specific features of
the brain in 18 adolescents suffering from IAD. They discovered that IAD is
characterized by impairment of white matter fibers connecting brain regions
involved in emotional generation and processing, executive attention, decision
making, and cognitive control. Their research suggests that IAD may share
psychological and neural mechanisms with other types of impulse control
disorders and substance addition. These new findings have provided researchers
with a new method of studying IAD and possibly treating the disorder.
SOURCE: PLos One, January, 2012
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