Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence
With the increase in the number of internet users, the problems associated with excessive internet use have become increasingly obvious. Internet addiction can alter neurobiology, and its symptoms can be alleviated through exercise, but whether exercise exerts these effects through neurobiological p...
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| author | Shanshan Li Qianjin Wu Cheng Tang Zichao Chen Li Liu |
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| description | With the increase in the number of internet users, the problems associated with excessive internet use have become increasingly obvious. Internet addiction can alter neurobiology, and its symptoms can be alleviated through exercise, but whether exercise exerts these effects through neurobiological pathways is unclear. Here, we reviewed the neurobiological mechanisms of exercise-based interventions against internet addiction by searching PubMed and Google Scholar for relevant research using such keywords as “exercise”, “internet addiction”, “hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis”, “neurotrophin”, and “dopamine”. This review summarizes advances in our understanding of the neurobiological processes through which exercise can reduce internet addiction, and our analysis strengthens the idea that exercise-based interventions can be effective in this regard. The available evidence suggests that exercise can increase the levels of neurotrophic factors, cortisol, and neurotransmitters; improve the morphology of specific parts of the central nervous system, such as by stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis; protect the autonomic nervous system; and control the reward urge. In other words, exercise appears to mitigate internet addiction by regulating the neurobiology of the central and autonomic nervous systems. In this way, exercise-based interventions can be recommended for reducing internet addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-382fa8973a6347089349c20ac867ea372022-12-21T19:40:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-06-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01296522776Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological EvidenceShanshan LiQianjin WuCheng TangZichao ChenLi LiuWith the increase in the number of internet users, the problems associated with excessive internet use have become increasingly obvious. Internet addiction can alter neurobiology, and its symptoms can be alleviated through exercise, but whether exercise exerts these effects through neurobiological pathways is unclear. Here, we reviewed the neurobiological mechanisms of exercise-based interventions against internet addiction by searching PubMed and Google Scholar for relevant research using such keywords as “exercise”, “internet addiction”, “hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis”, “neurotrophin”, and “dopamine”. This review summarizes advances in our understanding of the neurobiological processes through which exercise can reduce internet addiction, and our analysis strengthens the idea that exercise-based interventions can be effective in this regard. The available evidence suggests that exercise can increase the levels of neurotrophic factors, cortisol, and neurotransmitters; improve the morphology of specific parts of the central nervous system, such as by stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis; protect the autonomic nervous system; and control the reward urge. In other words, exercise appears to mitigate internet addiction by regulating the neurobiology of the central and autonomic nervous systems. In this way, exercise-based interventions can be recommended for reducing internet addiction.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01296/fullexercise-based interventionsinternet addictionneurobiologyneuropsychologyreview |
| spellingShingle | Shanshan Li Qianjin Wu Cheng Tang Zichao Chen Li Liu Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence Frontiers in Psychology exercise-based interventions internet addiction neurobiology neuropsychology review |
| title | Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence |
| title_full | Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence |
| title_fullStr | Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence |
| title_short | Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence |
| title_sort | exercise based interventions for internet addiction neurobiological and neuropsychological evidence |
| topic | exercise-based interventions internet addiction neurobiology neuropsychology review |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01296/full |
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