Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks
With action video games (AVGs) becoming increasingly popular worldwide, the cognitive benefits of AVG experience have attracted continuous research attention over the past two decades. Research has repeatedly shown that AVG experience can causally enhance cognitive ability and is related to neural p...
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| author | Diankun Gong Weiyi Ma Jinnan Gong Hui He Li Dong Dan Zhang Jianfu Li Cheng Luo Dezhong Yao |
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| description | With action video games (AVGs) becoming increasingly popular worldwide, the cognitive benefits of AVG experience have attracted continuous research attention over the past two decades. Research has repeatedly shown that AVG experience can causally enhance cognitive ability and is related to neural plasticity in gray matter and functional networks in the brain. However, the relation between AVG experience and the plasticity of white matter (WM) network still remains unclear. WM network modulates the distribution of action potentials, coordinating the communication between brain regions and acting as the framework of neural networks. And various types of cognitive deficits are usually accompanied by impairments of WM networks. Thus, understanding this relation is essential in assessing the influence of AVG experience on neural plasticity and using AVG experience as an interventional tool for impairments of WM networks. Using graph theory, this study analyzed WM networks in AVG experts and amateurs. Results showed that AVG experience is related to altered WM networks in prefrontal networks, limbic system, and sensorimotor networks, which are related to cognitive control and sensorimotor functions. These results shed new light on the influence of AVG experience on the plasticity of WM networks and suggested the clinical applicability of AVG experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e890d2ce8baf4fceb5b2d03ec6b765902025-02-03T01:02:40ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432017-01-01201710.1155/2017/75436867543686Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter NetworksDiankun Gong0Weiyi Ma1Jinnan Gong2Hui He3Li Dong4Dan Zhang5Jianfu Li6Cheng Luo7Dezhong Yao8Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaSchool of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USAKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaKey Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, ChinaWith action video games (AVGs) becoming increasingly popular worldwide, the cognitive benefits of AVG experience have attracted continuous research attention over the past two decades. Research has repeatedly shown that AVG experience can causally enhance cognitive ability and is related to neural plasticity in gray matter and functional networks in the brain. However, the relation between AVG experience and the plasticity of white matter (WM) network still remains unclear. WM network modulates the distribution of action potentials, coordinating the communication between brain regions and acting as the framework of neural networks. And various types of cognitive deficits are usually accompanied by impairments of WM networks. Thus, understanding this relation is essential in assessing the influence of AVG experience on neural plasticity and using AVG experience as an interventional tool for impairments of WM networks. Using graph theory, this study analyzed WM networks in AVG experts and amateurs. Results showed that AVG experience is related to altered WM networks in prefrontal networks, limbic system, and sensorimotor networks, which are related to cognitive control and sensorimotor functions. These results shed new light on the influence of AVG experience on the plasticity of WM networks and suggested the clinical applicability of AVG experience.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7543686 |
| spellingShingle | Diankun Gong Weiyi Ma Jinnan Gong Hui He Li Dong Dan Zhang Jianfu Li Cheng Luo Dezhong Yao Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks Neural Plasticity |
| title | Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks |
| title_full | Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks |
| title_fullStr | Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks |
| title_short | Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks |
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