Higher media multi-tasking activity is associated with smaller gray-matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex.

ABSTRACT: Media multitasking, or the concurrent consumption of multiple media forms, is increasingly prevalent in today's society and has been associated with negative psychosocial and cognitive impacts. Individuals who engage in heavier media-multitasking are found to perform worse on cognitive control tasks and exhibit more socio-emotional difficulties. However, the neural processes associated with media multi-tasking remain unexplored. The present study investigated relationships between media multitasking activity and brain structure. Research has demonstrated that brain structure can be altered upon prolonged exposure to novel environments and experience. Thus, we expected differential engagements in media multitasking to correlate with brain structure variability. This was confirmed via Voxel-

SUBMITTER: Loh KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4174517 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature