Effects of Internet Addiction on Heart Rate Variability in School-Aged Children.

CONCLUSIONS:: Internet addiction is associated with higher sympathetic activity and lower parasympathetic activity. The autonomic dysregulation associated with Internet addiction might partly result from insomnia, but the mechanism still needs to be further studied.
PMID: 24088623 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - October 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Lin PC, Kuo SY, Lee PH, Sheen TC, Chen SR Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research