SynthesisBrain imaging and behavior2023
Internet addiction-induced brain structure and function alterations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry and resting-state functional connectivity studies.
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- Gray Matter Alterations in Panic Disorder: A Voxel-Wise Meta-Analysis.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Pooled it
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- A Narrative Review of Digital Addiction and Health: A New Challenge for Modern Medicine.Cureus · 2025Review
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- Patterns of smartphone dependence and predictive factors in Chinese college freshmen: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- High-dimensional Metaverse Platforms and the Virtually Extended Self.Journal of cognition · 2024Article
- Associations of mobile phone addiction with suicide ideation and suicide attempt: findings from six universities in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Differences in the distribution of triggers among resting state networks in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy explained by network analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Internet addiction (IA) is a growing social concern and has been intensively studied in recent years. Previous imaging studies have shown that IA may impair brain structure and function, but with no robust conclusions. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies in IA. Two separate meta-analyses were conducted for voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) studies. All meta-analyses were performed using two analysis methods activation likelihood estimation (ALE) and seed-based d mapping with permutation of subject images (SDM-PSI). The ALE analysis of VBM studies revealed less gray matter volume (GMV) in the supplementary motor area (SMA) (1176 mm
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