Impact of frequency of internet use on development of brain structures and verbal intelligence: Longitudinal analyses

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 4471-4479

  Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Asano, Kohei ^b   Asano, Michiko ^c   Sassa, Yuko ^a   Yokota, Susumu ^a   Kotozaki, Yuka ^d   Nouchi, Rui ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain development; gray matter volume; internet use; verbal intelligence; white matter volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; POPULATION; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85054724072     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24286     Document Type: Article

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