Not everything that is good is healthy.
Inquiry reveals that Internet addiction among adolescents could lead to modifications in their brains that lead to additional addictive behaviors and tendencies.
One of the great discoveries of mankind is the Internet. Through it we can solve some of our needs, but when it is used excessively it can do harm of all kinds, with emphasis on children and adolescents.
Let’s not only blame children and teenagers for the high consumption of hours in front of a screen, there are also adults who do the same. I am not going to refer to what they consume, but to other aspects, well detailed in a scientific publication of Russia Today.
A research developed by a group of British scientists discovered how Internet addiction influences the brain of teenagers. Functional magnetic resonance imaging scans showed significant changes in the brains of the research participants.
Research reveals that Internet addiction among adolescents could lead to modifications in their brains that lead to additional addictive behaviors and tendencies.
My interest is to motivate, especially parents and relatives of children and adolescents, high Internet consumers, to regulate the schedule and also the sites visited. The study yielded results that must be addressed in order not to have to regret greater evils, I will only dwell on one aspect: «This impact is similar to that derived from drug use and gambling addiction».
More information can be obtained at the following address. https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/511922-amenaza-detras-adiccion-internet-adolescentes.
Written by Enrique Tirse.
