A Short Summary of Neuroscientific Findings on Internet Addiction (2015)

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Internet Addiction

Part of the series Studies in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Economics pp 131-139

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  • Christian Montag 
  • , Éilish Duke
  • , Martin Reuter

Abstract

Neuroscientific approaches to the understanding of Internet addiction have broadened our knowledge on the biological basis related to the overuse of the Internet. The present chapter lends a short introduction to this area. Moreover, it integrates and summarizes the most important findings of this research field