MRI scans reveal that smartphone addiction is as dangerous as drug addiction

While smartphones have become one of most indispensable things in our everyday lives for being a highly productive tool, some people tend to overuse m as y are constantly on ir phones all time. w, re is a study that links smartphone diction to significant changes in brain. 

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What is smartphone diction?

Smartphone diction is when individuals spend majority of ir time on social media or playing games inste of interacting with people around m. Smartphone diction symptoms also include  inability to keep away from repeatedly checking text messs, emails, or apps, even when it has a negative consequence in ir life. And if you are one of those people who thought that using a phone can’t have a negative impact as people say it does, here is a shocker which will prove that it’s time to reassess your techlogy use.

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Here’s what smartphone diction does to your brain

According to a recent study (published first in dictive Behaviours) undertaken by a group of German researchers, it has been revealed that smartphone diction physically changes shape and size of a brain in same manner as drug diction.

As part of research, scientists examined MRI scans of 48 people, out of which 22 people were identified as smartphone dicts whereas 26 were identified as n-dicts. Upon examination, MRI scans revealed that brains of those with smartphone diction have a lower grey matter volume in certain key parts of brain as opposed to n-dicts.

MRI scans also revealed that compared to controls, individuals who h an diction showed lower grey matter volume in ir left anterior insula, inferior temporal and parahippocampal cortex. Lower levels of grey matter volume in insula have been linked to substance abuse in various previous studies.  researchers have stated this as physical evidence showing smartphone diction doing considerable dam to brain.

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Ar recent study which was conducted by researchers at King’s College in London h claimed that around 10-30% of children are using smartphones or or devices in a way that it causes m immense discomfort when y do t have a phone around m. se studies indicate that smartphone diction has become a severe problem and it is time that we start using our phones more responsibly.  

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