Thursday, January 12, 2012

Internet addiction becomes more than a buzzword

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Step away from the Wiki. 'Internet addiction' could end up defined as a mental disorder in the official lexicon of psychiatric illnesses.
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News  This is your brain on the Internet: Messed up where there should be connections for making decisions and having normal emotions.
Results of a new study suggest people who cannot control, cut back or stop their use of the Internet have abnormal white matter structure in the brain similar to what is seen in cocaine and crystal-meth addicts...Read here...

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