New research found that too much Internet browsing may result in damaged brain. Chinese researchers used a limited testing group to discover possible evidence that excessive use of the Internet may lead to the change of physical characteristics inside your head.

18 college-aged students were tested and identified as Internet addicts by playing online games for 10+ hours a day and answering "Yes" to questions like "Have you taken the risk of losing a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the Internet?" Then the researchers scanned the heads of the addicts and those who do not abuse the web surfing.

"The researchers discovered several small regions in online addicts' brains shrunk, in some cases as much as a 10 to 20 percent," Scientific American reports. Interestingly, the shrinkage was more pronounced in people who had been power-using the Web for longer. The tests also showed increased white matter in areas of the brain related to memory and decreased white matter in sections tied to "cognitive and executive functions."