Smartphone Addiction Can Physically Change Your Brain

Posted: February 19, 2020 at 8:46 am

Being addicted to your smartphone can physically change your brain. German researchers looked at brain images and found that those with smartphone addiction have less grey matter volume in some key parts of the brain, similar to changes seen in drug addicts’ brains. The data also showed that smartphone addicts had decreased activity in their brains compared to those who weren’t addicted to their phones.