ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2018
Role of Frontostriatal Connectivity in Adolescents With Excessive Smartphone Use.
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- Mobile Technology Use and Its Association With Executive Functioning in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Attention problems statistically mediate the association between mobile phone addiction and mental health and procrastination in Chinese college students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Screen exposure and social cognition: examining the relationships between screen time, smartphone addiction, internet addiction, and theory of mind components in adolescents.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Validation and Reliability of the Spanish Internet Addiction Test-7 (IAT-7) for Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Neural Correlates of Personality Traits in Adolescents Exhibiting Excessive Smartphone Use: A Resting-State FMRI Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging in adolescent Internet gaming disorder: A systematic review.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Review
- Bullying and Cyberbullying Are Associated with Inappropriate Use of the Internet, Cell Phones, and Video Games in Children and Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Recommendations for Physical Exercise as a Strategy to Reduce Problematic Use of the Internet and Digital Devices: A Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The impact of smartphone use on working memory in college students: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A meta-review of screening and treatment of electronic "addictions".Clinical psychology review · 2024Review
- The Effects of Digital Addiction on Brain Function and Structure of Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Neurobiological risk factors for problematic social media use as a specific form of Internet addiction: A narrative review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Network analysis of internet addiction and depression among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study.Computers in human behavior · 2023Article
- 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 association between self-reported mobile phone usage with blood pressure and heart rate: evidence from a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Effect of Psychosocial Interventions for Reducing Co-occurring Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Individuals with Problematic Internet Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2022Article
- Problematic smartphone use is associated with differences in static and dynamic brain functional connectivity in young adults.Frontiers in neuroscience · 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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Abstract
As smartphone use has grown rapidly over recent decade, it has been a growing interest in the potential negative impact of excessive smartphone use. In this study, we aim to identify altered brain connectivity associated with excessive smartphone use, and to investigate correlations between withdrawal symptoms, cortisol concentrations, and frontostriatal connectivity. We focused on investigating functional connectivity in frontostriatal regions, including the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), midcingulate cortex (MCC), and nucleus accumbens (NAcc), which is related to reward processing and cognitive control. We analyzed data from 38 adolescents with excessive smartphone use (SP) and 42 healthy controls (HC). In the SP group compared with HC, we observed lower functional connectivity between the right OFC and NAcc, and between the left OFC and MCC. Moreover, functional connectivity between the MCC and NAcc was greater in SP compared with HC. Subsequently, we examined the relationship between Internet use withdrawal symptoms, cortisol concentrations, and functional connectivity between the OFC and NAcc in SP and HC. We observed that more severe withdrawal symptoms were associated with higher cortisol concentrations in adolescents with excessive smartphone use. The most interesting finding was that we observed a negative correlation between OFC connectivity with the NAcc and both withdrawal symptoms and cortisol concentrations. The functional connectivity between the OFC and NAcc, and between the OFC and MCC are related to cognitive control of emotional stimuli including reward. The current study suggests that adolescents with SP had reduced functional connectivity in these regions related to cognitive control. Furthermore, Internet use withdrawal symptoms appear to elicit cortisol secretion, and this psychophysiological change may affect frontostriatal connectivity. Our findings provide important clues to understanding the effects of excessive use of smartphones on brain functional connectivity in adolescence.
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