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Internet addiction associated with right pars opercularis in females
Orsolya Inhóf1, András N Zsidó1, Gábor Perlaki2,3,4
1Institute of Psychology,University of Pécs, Pécs,Hungary.
Background And Aims:
Structural differences in higher-order brain areas are common features of behavioral addictions, including Internet addiction (IA) as well. Taking into consideration the limited number of studies and methods used in previous studies on IA, our aim was to investigate the correlates of IA and the morphometry of the frontal lobes.
Methods:
To observe these relationships, the high-resolution T1-weighted MR images of 144 healthy, Caucasian, university students were analyzed with volumetry and voxel-based morphometry. The Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ) was used to assess IA.
Results:
We found significant correlations between PIUQ subscales and the volume of the right pars opercularis volume and gray matter mass in women.
Discussion And Conclusion:
The increased gray matter measures of this structure might be explained with the extended effort to control for the impulsive behavior in addiction, and with the increased number of social interactions via the Internet.
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