Research at UCLA found that too much time spent on social media and too little time in social interaction is stimulating brain cell alteration and neurotransmitter release.

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Researchers are discovering that daily exposure to computers, smart phones, video games, Internet search engines, etc. stimulates brain cell alteration and neurotransmitter release, gradually strengthening new neural pathways while weakening old ones.

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One of the organizations researching genetic alteration is the University of California Irvine's Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.

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