The neural basis of video gaming
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Video game playing is a frequent recreational activity. Previous studies have reported an involvement of dopamine-related ventral striatum. However, structural brain correlates of video game playing have not been investigated. On magnetic resonance imaging scans of 154 14-year-olds, we computed voxel-based morphometry to explore differences between frequent and infrequent video game players. Moreover, we assessed the Monetary Incentive Delay (MID) task during functional magnetic resonance imaging and the Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT). We found higher left striatal grey matter volume when comparing frequent against infrequent video game players that was negatively correlated with deliberation time in CGT. Within the same region, we found an activity difference in MID task: frequent compared with infrequent video game players showed enhanced activity during feedback of loss compared with no loss. This activity was likewise negatively correlated with deliberation time. The association of video game playing with higher left ventral striatum volume could reflect altered reward processing and represent adaptive neural plasticity.
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Gaming increases the release of striatal dopamine, promoting long-term potentiation of neural connections within the striatum, which is suggested to improve motivation and one's ability to learn.
“Gaming increases the release of striatal dopamine [47], [48], promoting long-term potentiation of neural connections within the striatum [49], which is suggested to improve motivation and one’s ability to learn [50] (e.g., during EF training).”
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- Authors
- Kühn, S., Romanowski, A., Schilling, C., Lorenz, R., Mörsen, C., Seiferth, N., Banaschewski, T., Barbot, A., Barker, G. J., Büchel, C., Conrod, P. J., Dalley, J. W., Flor, H., Garavan, H., Ittermann, B., Mann, K., Martinot, J.-L., Paus, T., Rietschel, M., Smolka, M. N., Ströhle, A., Walaszek, B., Schumann, G., Heinz, A., Gallinat, J., & The IMAGEN Consortium
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus (DE)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- King's College London (GB)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE)
- Université Paris-Sud (FR)
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (CA)
- Neuroimaging Center (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kühn, S
- ORCID
- Venue
- Translational Psychiatry
- Published
- 2011-11-15
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- e53-e53
- ISSN
- 2158-3188 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3309473
- OpenAlex
- W2169138276
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 7.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
- Locations
- Translational Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Medical Research Council (LSHM-CT-2007-037286)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- video gaming, ventral striatum, gambling behavior, deliberation time, reward processing, neuroplasticity, adolescents, monetary incentive delay task, Cambridge Gambling Task
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Basal Ganglia, Brain, Female, Gambling, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Nucleus Accumbens, Reward, Time Factors, Video Games
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