ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2017
Alterations in White Matter Integrity in Young Adults with Smartphone Dependence.
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- The neurobiology of internet addiction: a scoping review of developmental and gender-specific mechanisms.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Smartphone Addiction and Associated Health Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Mobile Phone Use and Mental Health. A Review of the Research That Takes a Psychological Perspective on Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Problematic Use of Electronic Devices in Preschool Children: A Parent Coaching Program for the Prevention of Screen Addiction.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction as a risk factor for medication non-adherence in renal transplant recipients.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Neuroimaging the effects of smartphone (over-)use on brain function and structure-a review on the current state of MRI-based findings and a roadmap for future research.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
- The relationship between smartphone addiction and aggression among Lebanese adolescents: the indirect effect of cognitive function.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Perfectionistic Concerns and Mobile Phone Addiction of Chinese College Students: The Moderated Mediation of Academic Procrastination and Causality Orientations.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Dissecting the Fornix in Basic Memory Processes and Neuropsychiatric Disease: A Review.Brain connectivity · 2020Review
- Neural Correlates of Smartphone Dependence in Adolescents.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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- Exploring psychosocial factors that influence smartphone dependency among Korean adolescents.PloS one · 2020Article
- Wired to be connected? Links between mobile technology engagement, intertemporal preference and frontostriatal white matter connectivity.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2019Article
- Editorial: Aging in the Digital Era.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Role of Frontostriatal Connectivity in Adolescents With Excessive Smartphone Use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
Smartphone dependence (SPD) is increasingly regarded as a psychological problem, however, the underlying neural substrates of SPD is still not clear. High resolution magnetic resonance imaging provides a useful tool to help understand and manage the disorder. In this study, a tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analysis on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to measure white matter integrity in young adults with SPD. A total of 49 subjects were recruited and categorized into SPD and control group based on their clinical behavioral tests. To localize regions with abnormal white matter integrity in SPD, the voxel-wise analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) on the whole brain was performed by TBSS. The correlation between the quantitative variables of brain structures and the behavior measures were performed. Our result demonstrated that SPD had significantly lower white matter integrity than controls in superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), superior corona radiata (SCR), internal capsule, external capsule, sagittal stratum, fornix/stria terminalis and midbrain structures. Correlation analysis showed that the observed abnormalities in internal capsule and stria terminalis were correlated with the severity of dependence and behavioral assessments. Our finding facilitated a primary understanding of white matter characteristics in SPD and indicated that the structural deficits might link to behavioral impairments.
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