Altered Functional Connectivity of the Salience Network in Problematic Smartphone Users

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ID15519241
AutoresJaeun Ahn (0000-0002-1331-7854, National Health Insurance Service), Deokjong Lee (0000-0002-5425-4677, Severance Hospital), Kee Namkoong (0000-0003-1400-8057, Severance Hospital), Young‐Chul Jung (0000-0002-0578-2510, Severance Hospital, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen12
Páginas636730-636730
Fecha de publicación2021-07-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.636730
PMID34349676
OpenAlexW3185069224
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas43

Smartphones provide convenience in everyday life. Smartphones, however, can elicit adverse effects when used excessively. The purpose of this study was to examine the underlying neurobiological alterations that arise from problematic smartphone use. We performed resting state seed-based functional connectivity (FC) analysis of 44 problematic smartphone users and 54 healthy controls. This analysis assessed the salience, central executive, default mode, and affective networks. Compared to controls, problematic smartphone users showed enhanced FC within the salience network and between the salience and default mode network. Moreover, we observed decreased FC between the salience and central executive network in problematic smartphone users, compared to controls. These results imply that problematic smartphone use is associated with aberrant FC in key brain networks. Our results suggest that changes in FC of key networks centered around the salience network might be associated with problematic smartphone use

Cognitive psychology · Default mode network · Functional connectivity · Salience (neuroscience · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Mental Health Research Topics · Neuroscience · Psychology