Study: Internet addiction could cause negative effects in teenagers’ brains

New research has shed light on the profound impact of internet addiction on the brains of youngsters. — TOBIAS HASE/dpa

TEENAGERS should consider setting limits for how much time they spend online each day, academics have said, after a new study found that internet addiction may have detrimental effects on the brains of youngsters.

Internet addiction can cause “negative behavioural and developmental changes” in the brains of adolescents, the experts said.