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Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain

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CHICAGO – Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). download full-size photo Hyung Suk Seo, M.D. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 46 percent of Americans say they could not live without their smartphones. While this sentiment is clearly hyperbole, more and more people are becoming increasingly dependent on smartphones and other portable electronic devices for news, information, games, and even the occasional phone call. Along with a growing concern that young people, in particular, may be spending too much time staring into their phones instead of interacting with others, come questions as to the immediate effects on the brain and the possible long-term consequences of such habits. Hyung Suk Seo, M.D., professor of neuroradiology at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues

Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain | RSNA Advertisement RSNA Press Release Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain Released: November 30, 2017 RSNA Media Relations 1-630-590-7762 media@rsna.org Linda Brooks 1-630-590-7738 lbrooks@rsna.org At A Glance Smartphone and internet addiction increases the levels of a neurotransmitter called GABA in one region of the brain. GABA is an "inhibitory" neurotransmitter that regulates various brain functions, including anxiety. GABA ratios significantly correlated to clinical scales of internet and smartphone addictions, depression and a

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