Is digital boom spelling cerebral doom?

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-303

  Sathyanarayana Rao, T S ^a   Indla, Vishal ^b   Reddy, Indla R ^b  

^a JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Vijayawada Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLITICS; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEVISION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84871979724     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.104790     Document Type: Review

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