Are both neural mechanisms of Internet gaming and heroin addicts the same? Research evidence based on MRI

He, Jinbo; Nie, Yufeng; Zongkui, Zhou; Chai, Yao

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1042.2017.01327

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“…Through careful examination and scoring, the subjects with IGD were selected according to the following criteria: (1) the IAT score was 80 or above; (2) the IGAS score was 7 or above; (3) the type of Internet game played was mainly "Strike of Kings"; and (4) a clinical interview was administered by two psychiatrists to diagnose IGD in accordance with DSM-5. The subjects as control group were selected according to the following criteria: (1) the IAT score was 40 or below; (2) the IGAS score was 3 or below; (3) the type of Internet game played was mainly "Strike of Kings." A total of 15 male college students with "Strike of Kings" game addiction were recruited into the IGD group.…”

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“…The experiment allowed us to comprehensively investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms in the unconscious and automatic condition. We hypothesized that (1) individuals with IGD exhibit a significantly larger P100 peak amplitude when elicited by cartoon faces than when elicited by realistic faces and a significantly larger P100 peak amplitude of cartoon faces than healthy individuals; (2) individuals with IGD exhibit a significantly larger N170 peak amplitude when elicited by cartoon faces than when elicited by realistic faces and a significantly larger N170 peak amplitude of cartoon faces than healthy individuals; (3) individuals with IGD exhibit a significantly larger P200 peak amplitude when elicited by cartoon faces than when elicited by realistic faces and a significantly larger P200 peak amplitude of cartoon faces than healthy individuals; (4) the MMN amplitudes of individuals with IGD elicited by cartoon faces are significantly larger than those elicited by realistic faces, and individuals with IGD show a significantly larger MMN amplitude of cartoon faces than healthy individuals.…”

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Automatic Processing Advantage of Cartoon Face in Internet Gaming Disorder: Evidence From P100, N170, P200, and MMN

Zheng

Fan

et al. 2019

Front. Psychiatry

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Individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD) show deficits in face processing due to long-term Internet-game social activities based on cartoon faces in the popular online game "Strike of Kings." However, the abnormal neurocognitive mechanism of face recognition and processing in individuals with IGD has not been systematically explored. This study used event-related potential (ERP) methods and the reversed deviant-standard oddball paradigm to comprehensively compare four ERP components, namely, P100, N170, P200, and mismatch negativity (MMN), induced in the unconscious and automatic processing of realistic and cartoon faces in individuals with IGD. Results showed that, with respect to cartoon faces, individuals with IGD exhibited not only P100, P200 and MMN enhancements but also the absence of the N170 dominance effect in the left hemisphere. Our results also demonstrated that individuals with IGD had the advantages of early automatic perception of cartoon faces and automatic detection of changes in "cartoon" features. This study enhances our understanding of the mechanism of IGD from the neurocognitive perspective and provides candidate electrophysiological indicators for the clinical diagnosis of IGD.

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Automatic Processing Advantage of Cartoon Face in Internet Gaming Disorder: Evidence From P100, N170, P200, and MMN

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“…In addition to the aforementioned risks, in students MPD has also jeopardized their academic performance [ 15 , 16 ]. According to previous work on drug addiction and other similar conditions, including Internet addiction and Internet game disorders [ 17 , 18 , 19 ], the reason why individuals cannot control mobile phone usage may be that they actually do not have the ability to inhibit these compulsive and impulsive behaviors; accurately speaking, they fail to restrain the craving to use their mobile phones, which means their cognitive function has been damaged to a large extent.…”

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The Influence of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Craving Degree for University Students with Mobile Phone Dependency: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Shangguan

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These days, mobile phone dependency (MPD) has become one of the most imperative and impressive puzzles in the area of behavioral addictions and public health across the world, especially the individuals with MPD that might frequently crave using mobile phones themselves. The target of the current study was to determine whether moderate-intensity aerobic exercise could reduce the craving degree for mobile phones for university students with MPD by a randomized, controlled trial. Sixty Chinese undergraduates, including 30 male and 30 female students aged from 18 to 22 years (20.08 ± 1.94 years) with MPD were recruited and then randomly assigned to the exercise group (n = 30) or the control group (n = 30) with even numbers by gender and major. Participants in the exercise group were required to perform an acute moderate-intensity treadmill exercise lasting for 30 min at 45–68% heart rate reserve (HRR) with background music, while the control group were only asked to listen to the same music for 40 min without any exercise. Sport watches were employed to monitor their heart rate (HR), and the exercise group was also obliged to report their rating of perceived exertion (RPE). After completing the experimental task, a visual analog scale (VAS) was used to evaluate their craving degree for mobile phones, and an independent samples t-test was computed to reveal the difference in the scores of craving degree for mobile phones between the two groups. The results showed that the VAS score for the exercise group (3.77 ± 1.36) was significantly lower (p < 0.001) than that of the control group (6.11 ± 1.39). The findings suggested that acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise could be an effective and reliable means to help deal with the issue of mobile phones craving for the undergraduates with MPD, and more longitudinal intervention studies and control trial designs should be conducted in the near future to further test the long-term effects of this exercise.

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“…And, game addiction is accompanied by a certain degree of damage to brain structure and function [10]. All kinds of addiction involve four brain cognitive functional circuits: reward, cognitive control, motivation and memory-learning [11]. Damage and abnormal neural activity in the relevant circuits of the brain area will lead to the symptoms of addiction.…”

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“…The abnormal prefrontal cortex is also related to game addiction [11,14]. The prefrontal cortex is the center of human cognitive function control.…”

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The Causes, Diagnose and Intervention of Game Addiction

Gong¹,

Hu²,

Zhao³

2021

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Since the birth of video games, psychological research has focused on game addiction, and previous studies have obtained many valuable results. However, the researches on game addiction still have many limitations since they are lack integration. Therefore, this paper systematically introduces the research on game addiction: the causes, diagnostic criteria, and interventions of game addiction. We list the databases and screening criteria for searching the literature; 54 articles were included in this literature review. In the first part of this review, we discuss the causes of game addiction, including physiological factors, psychological factors, and external environments, and gave some suggestions about the causes of game addiction to further researchers. The second part compares three different diagnostic criteria such as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and World Health Organization (WHO), respectively, and the Clinical diagnostic criteria for Internet addiction from China. In the third part, we describe the two most commonly used interventions for game addiction: medication intervention and psychological intervention. In addition, we also summarize and analyze the effects of various therapies and their shortcomings.

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Are both neural mechanisms of Internet gaming and heroin addicts the same? Research evidence based on MRI

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Automatic Processing Advantage of Cartoon Face in Internet Gaming Disorder: Evidence From P100, N170, P200, and MMN

Automatic Processing Advantage of Cartoon Face in Internet Gaming Disorder: Evidence From P100, N170, P200, and MMN

The Influence of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Craving Degree for University Students with Mobile Phone Dependency: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The Causes, Diagnose and Intervention of Game Addiction

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