A Reduction in Video Gaming Time Produced a Decrease in Brain Activity

This study examines whether a decrease in brain development is observable after players have reduced their video gaming time over a period of 1 year. Both video gaming experts and non-experts were recruited, whose resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data were collected at the beginning and the end o...

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Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience 2019-04, Vol.13, p.134-134
Main Authors: Gong, Diankun, Yao, Yutong, Gan, Xianyang, Peng, Yurui, Ma, Weiyi, Yao, Dezhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
brain development
Brain mapping
Brain research
Cognitive ability
Computer & video games
fMRI
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
functional plasticity
Neuroscience
Neurosciences
resting state
Science
video gaming
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Summary:This study examines whether a decrease in brain development is observable after players have reduced their video gaming time over a period of 1 year. Both video gaming experts and non-experts were recruited, whose resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data were collected at the beginning and the end of the study. Immediately after the first scan, the participants were instructed to spend no more than 3 h on video gaming weekly for 1 year. The results showed decreased self-reported video gaming skills and decreased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in the experts at the end of the study, demonstrating that a reduction in video gaming time over a period of 1 year produced a decrease in brain development. The non-experts served as a control group and had no significant changes. The findings support the adaptive effect of video gaming experience on brain and cognitive development.
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00134