Journal of Psychiatry Treatment and Research

Reserach Article Pages 77-85

Aberrant Intrinsic Neural Networks Strength in Individuals with "Smartphone Addiction": An MRI Data Fusion Study

Authors: Mike Michael Schmitgen, Nadine Donata Wolf, Christina Mundinger, MSc, Juliane Horvath, Fabio Sambataro, MD, PhD, Dusan Hirjak, Katharina Maria Kubera, Julian Koenig and Robert Christian Wolf

Abstract: Excessive smartphone use, sometimes also referred to as “smartphone addiction”, has increasingly attracted neuroscientific interest due to its similarities with other behavioral addictions, particularly internet gaming disorder. Little is known so far about the neural mechanisms underlying smartphone addiction. Here, we explored interrelationships between brain structure and function to specify neurobiological correlates of smartphone addiction on a neural system

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