Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming
Competitive organized electronic video gaming, termed “esports,” has become an international industry. The physiological and cognitive health results of prolonged esport practice and competition have not been adequately studied. The current study examined physiological and cognitive changes after a...
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doaj-5a2ac74f42c24f99992cd5aae1985e922020-11-25T03:20:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-05-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01030534802Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports GamingAmber Sousa0Amber Sousa1Sophia L. Ahmad2Tamzid Hassan3Kyle Yuen4Peter Douris5Hallie Zwibel6Hallie Zwibel7Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue8Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue9New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesNYIT Center for eSports Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesOMS II, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesOMS II, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesOMS II, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesDepartment of Physical Therapy, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesNew York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesNYIT Center for eSports Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesNew York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesNYIT Center for eSports Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United StatesCompetitive organized electronic video gaming, termed “esports,” has become an international industry. The physiological and cognitive health results of prolonged esport practice and competition have not been adequately studied. The current study examined physiological and cognitive changes after a session of esport gameplay for two types of games, first-person shooter and multiplayer online battle arena games. Increases in systolic blood pressure, increases in speed, and decreases in accuracy and inhibitory processes were found for esport gamers overall. For peak heart rate change, first-person shooter games elicited a larger change than did multiplayer online battle arena games. These results have implications for the management of esport player cognitive and physical health as well as for the optimization of performance in competitive esport tournaments.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01030/fullesportscompetitive gamingexecutive functionscognitionhealth |
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Amber Sousa Amber Sousa Sophia L. Ahmad Tamzid Hassan Kyle Yuen Peter Douris Hallie Zwibel Hallie Zwibel Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming Frontiers in Psychology esports competitive gaming executive functions cognition health |
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Amber Sousa Amber Sousa Sophia L. Ahmad Tamzid Hassan Kyle Yuen Peter Douris Hallie Zwibel Hallie Zwibel Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue |
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Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming |
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Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming |
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Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming |
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Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming |
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Physiological and Cognitive Functions Following a Discrete Session of Competitive Esports Gaming |
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physiological and cognitive functions following a discrete session of competitive esports gaming |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Psychology |
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Competitive organized electronic video gaming, termed “esports,” has become an international industry. The physiological and cognitive health results of prolonged esport practice and competition have not been adequately studied. The current study examined physiological and cognitive changes after a session of esport gameplay for two types of games, first-person shooter and multiplayer online battle arena games. Increases in systolic blood pressure, increases in speed, and decreases in accuracy and inhibitory processes were found for esport gamers overall. For peak heart rate change, first-person shooter games elicited a larger change than did multiplayer online battle arena games. These results have implications for the management of esport player cognitive and physical health as well as for the optimization of performance in competitive esport tournaments. |
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esports competitive gaming executive functions cognition health |
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