Caused by excessive use of internet Cannot be controlled without drugs Effects physical and mental health Causes rewiring

ing of brain similar to that of drug addicts

Delta band(0.3-3 Hz) Theta band(4-7 Hz) Alpha band(8-13 Hz) Beta band(14-30 Hz) Gamma band(30-60 Hz)

SUBJECTS:
10 normal and 10 subjects suffering from IAD Had normal hearing and vision Had no history of neurological and mental disease EEG was recorded using 19 electrodes

TASK AND PROCEDURE

Subjects were to have sufficient sleep No internet use prior the experiment Experiment was conducted in a sound proof room, free from electromagnetic radiations Procedure for each subject took an hour Subjects took Auditory odd ball task

AUDITORY ODD BALL TASK Two types of stimulus: Standard and Target stimulus Target stimulus of 2000 Hz Standard stimulus of 1000 Hz Interval between signals was 1000 ms Duration of each stimulus was 50 ms

EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON MEAN REACTION TIME AND REACTION RIGHT RATION EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON P300 WAVE EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON TIMEFREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC OF EEG

EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON MEAN REACTION TIME AND REACTION RIGHT RATION
Reaction right ration of both groups was 99% Reaction time of subjects with IAD (395.6 with std.deviation of 24.8 ms) Reaction time of normal subjects (299.3 with std.deviation of 22.7 ms)

EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON P300 WAVE

P means Positive voltage potential 300 means 300 ms It is elicited on odd ball task Extraction of ERP P300 wave amplitude decreased in subjects with IAD P300 wave latency increased in subjects with IAD

The mean event-related potentials (ERP) of the Internet addiction disease (IAD) patients (solid line) and the normal subjects (dotted line).

The mean event-related potentials (ERP) of the Internet addiction disease (IAD) patients (solid line) and the normal subjects (dotted line).

EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE INTERNET USE ON TIME-FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC OF EEG

Wavelet transform was used to convert wavelet into time-frequency domain Time- frequency values were compared Weakening of gamma oscillation in subjects with IAD

Excessive internet use alters: Memory Reaction speed Information coding and integration of the brain