Does Internet use restructure the brain?

Children are spending an increasing fraction of their formative years online and there is concern that this could get out of control and even become an addiction. A recent study suggests that excessive time online can result in brain structure changes, which can contribute to chronic dysfunction in people with internet addiction disorder (IAD). The study, published in PLoS ONE, suggests self-assessed Internet addiction, primarily through online multiplayer games, rewires structures deep in the brain. Also, surface-level brain matter appears to shrink in step with the duration of online addiction.. http://mwls.com/news.php?n=39