Excess Social Media Use in Normal Populations is Associated with Amygdala-Striatal but not with Prefrontal Morphology

This study aims to investigate the gray matter volume (GMV) of key neural systems possibly associated with Excess Social Media Use (ESMU) in the general user population. It employs a sex-balanced case (relatively high ESMU scores) - control (relatively low ESMU scores) design with 50 random university students who have reported varying levels of ESMU. The case and control groups included 25 subjects each. Brain volumes were calculated with Voxel-Based Morphometry techniques applied to structural MRI scans.

Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - September 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Qinghua He, Ofir Turel, Damien Brevers, Antoine Bechara Source Type: research