Science & Society Effects of Internet use on the adolescent brain: despite popular claims, experimental evidence remains scarce

Twenty-five years have passed since the invention of the World Wide Web changed society and allowed unrestricted access to the Internet. How this technology revolution affects the development of the brain is an open question. I am particularly worried about how the use of the Internet will affect the brains of young people. In this forum article I will explain the influence of the Internet and its related behavior and abilities on puberty brain.

The evidence shown suggests that adolescent brains are still mature through adolescence. This evidence supports the hypothesis that adolescent brain is susceptible to dangerous behaviors, environmental stress, drug poisoning, driving disorders, and unprotected behaviors in terms of function and structure (Arain et al., 2013). Neurochemical evidence suggests that glutamatergic neurotransmission occurs during prenatal and postnatal periods, but at puberty, γ-aminobutyric acid neurotransmission is still under construction. Therefore, neurobehavioral excitement such as dangerous behavior and euphoria is due to delayed development of γ-aminobutyric acid neurotransmission. Furthermore, it is clear that the development of excitatory neurotransmission occurs earlier in brain development than other neurotransmissions (Choudhury, Blakemore & Charman, 2006).

Video games are a common entertainment for teenagers, especially teenagers in industrialized countries. Video games are generally thought to have a negative impact on academic performance, but the evidence is not conclusive. Reanalyze data from more than 192,000 students in 22 countries participating in the 2009 International Student Assessment Program (PISA) to estimate the impact of using video games on science, math and adolescent academic performance did. Contrary to the argument that increased video games can adversely affect academic performance, the difference in academic performance is negligible in the relative frequency of video games. The use of video games has little impact on adolescent academic performance

1 Flinders University School of Education, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 Portsmouth College of Portsmouth University, Portsmouth, England

Neuro-morphology, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neurobehavioral and neuropharmacological evidence suggest that the brain is still mature during pubertal Evidence of 1,7,19,21 indicates that the brain It supports the hypothesis that it is structural and functional in adolescence It is susceptible to environmental stress, dangerous behavior, drug poisoning, driving disorders and unprotected sex. Computed tomography and MRI studies also provide evidence to support this hypothesis. The proliferation of sex hormone synthesis involving adolescents including estrogen, progesterone and testosterone causes brain maturation at puberty. These sex hormones promote the development of myelin and neural circuits involved in effective neurocytology. Despite renal tubular development axonal development and synaptic development can occur both prenatally and postnatally, myelination including axonal insulation is still under construction during puberty.