Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play
Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpsychires.2007.11.010
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Reiss, Allan L.
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作者：
Hoeft, Furniko;Watson, Christa L.;Reiss, Allan L.
很少有人知道玩电脑/视频游戏的潜在神经过程，尽管它的游戏行为，特别是在男性中的高患病率。在一项功能磁共振成像研究中，将空间侵犯游戏与控制任务进行了对比，与女性相比，男性在中皮质边缘系统中表现出更大的激活和功能连接。这些发现可能归因于男性更高的动机状态，以及在奖励预测，学习奖励值和认知状态在电脑视频游戏中的性别差异。这些性别差异可能有助于解释为什么男性比女性更容易被视频游戏吸引，更容易“沉迷”。(c)2007爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Little is known about the underlying neural processes of playing computer/video games, despite the high prevalence of its gaming behavior, especially in males. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study contrasting a space-infringement game with a control task, males showed greater activation and functional connectivity compared to females in the mesocorticolimbic system. These findings may be attributable to higher motivational states in males, as well as gender differences in reward prediction, learning reward values and cognitive state during computer video games. These gender differences may help explain why males are more attracted to, and more likely to become "hooked" on video games than females. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.