Features of components N2 and P300 of auditory evoked potential dependent on the level of internet addiction in adolescents

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INTRODUCTION: Due to the popularization of digital technologies, people have begun to spend more time on the internet. Existing studies show mixed results about the impact of internet use on attention, cognitive control, and other cognitive functions.

AIM: To evaluate the components of the event-related potentials (ERPs) P300 and N2 in practically healthy adolescents aged 16–17 years with varying levels of internet addiction risk and a stable pattern of internet addiction (IA).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study involved healthy young people aged 16–17 years old who attended Simferopol city school.The Chen Internet addiction scale was used to access the level of IА in the Russian version of V.L. Malygin and K.A. Feklisov. The registration of the ERPs P300 and N2 components was carried out with the use of an electroencephalograph “Neuron-Spectrum-4/VPM” (Neurosoft, Russia). An auditory oddball paradigm was used.

RESULTS: In young men, no differences in the N2 and P300 latency were observed across the groups. There was an elongation of the N2 latency in the frontal and central regions of the brain in girls with a proclivity for IА, indicating a slower primary identification and classification of stimuli. In girls with a stable pattern of IА, there was an increase in the N2 latency in the central, left frontal, and right medial temporal regions, as well as an increase in the P300 latency in the frontal, central, and parietal right parts of the brain, compared to girls with minimal risk of IА, indicating the need for more time to identify the stimulus and make a decision.

CONCLUSIONS: An increase in the N2 latency has already been reported in girls with a proclivity for IА, which can be used to predict the development of IА and for prevention.

About the authors

Elena V. Krivonogova

N. Laverov federal center for integrated Arctic research

Email: elena200280@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2323-5246
SPIN-code: 9022-9696
Scopus Author ID: 25937374900
ResearcherId: K-6121-2018

Cand. Sci. (Biol.), senior researcher

Russian Federation, 23 naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163069, Arkhangelsk

Olga V. Krivonogova

N. Laverov federal center for integrated Arctic research

Email: ja.olga1@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7267-8836
SPIN-code: 1086-3008
Scopus Author ID: 57215215130
ResearcherId: AAC-3160-2022

Cand. Sci. (Biol.), researcher

Russian Federation, 23 naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163069, Arkhangelsk

Lilia V. Poskotinova

N. Laverov federal center for integrated Arctic research

Author for correspondence.
Email: liliya200572@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7537-0837
SPIN-code: 3148-6180
Scopus Author ID: 24280182100
ResearcherId: K-3719-2012

Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Cand. Sci. (Med.), associate professor, chief researcher

Russian Federation, 23 naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163069, Arkhangelsk

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2. Fig. 1. An example of the ERP P300 in the central region of the brain: a — subject A. from the group with minimal risk to IA (N2 latency=184 ms, P300 latency=284 ms, amplitude — 11 mkV); b — subject B. from the group with moderate risk of developing IA (N2 latency=205 ms, LV P300 latency=297 ms, amplitude — 10 mkV); c — the subject M. from the group with Internet addiction (N2 latency=210 ms, P300 latency=315 ms, amplitude — 12 mkV).

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