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The Neuroscience Link Between Neuroticism and Social Media Addiction
Danielle BerninzoniLake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A study completed by Cremers et al. (2010) found that individuals who scored higher on the neurotic personality exam displayed enhanced connectivity between the right amygdala and right dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) during the processing of angry and sad faces. However, from a broader sense of the word, addiction is defined as a “treatable, chronic, medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment and an individual’s life experiences. The researchers in this study concluded that the results they obtained can be explained by the fact that neurotic young adults are more anxious and insecure in nature, and so they tend to dislike the idea of posting photos or information about themselves online where they could be criticized.
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