Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players
Long term video game players (VGPs) exhibit superior visual and motor skills compared with non-video game control subjects (NVGCs). However, the neural basis underlying the enhanced behavioral performance remains largely unknown. To clarify this issue, the present study compared the whiter matter in...
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doaj-7b1b6728a3874428b3c7e322cf48ae332020-11-25T03:29:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612015-03-01910.3389/fnhum.2015.00098118652Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game playersYang Zhang0Guijin Du1Yongxin Yang2Wen Qin3Xiaodong Li4Quan Zhang5Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General HospitalTianjin, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Linyi People’s HospitalLinyi, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Linyi Fourth People’s HospitalLinyi, ChinaDepartment of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General HospitalTianjin, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Linyi People’s HospitalLinyi, ChinaDepartment of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General HospitalTianjin, ChinaLong term video game players (VGPs) exhibit superior visual and motor skills compared with non-video game control subjects (NVGCs). However, the neural basis underlying the enhanced behavioral performance remains largely unknown. To clarify this issue, the present study compared the whiter matter integrity within the corticospinal tracts (CST), the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), and the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF) between the VGPs and the NVGCs using diffusion tensor imaging. Compared with the NVGCs, voxel-wise comparisons revealed significantly higher fractional anisotropy (FA) values in some regions within the left CST, left SLF, bilateral ILF, and IFOF in VGPs. Furthermore, higher FA values in the left CST at the level of cerebral peduncle predicted a faster response in visual attention tasks. These results suggest that higher white matter integrity in the motor and higher-tier visual pathways is associated with long-term video game playing, which may contribute to the understanding on how video game play influences motor and visual performance.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00098/fulldiffusion tensor imaginginferior fronto-occipital fasciculusinferior longitudinal fasciculussuperior longitudinal fasciculusvideo gamewhite matter |
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Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players |
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Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players |
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Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players |
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higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players |
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Long term video game players (VGPs) exhibit superior visual and motor skills compared with non-video game control subjects (NVGCs). However, the neural basis underlying the enhanced behavioral performance remains largely unknown. To clarify this issue, the present study compared the whiter matter integrity within the corticospinal tracts (CST), the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), and the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF) between the VGPs and the NVGCs using diffusion tensor imaging. Compared with the NVGCs, voxel-wise comparisons revealed significantly higher fractional anisotropy (FA) values in some regions within the left CST, left SLF, bilateral ILF, and IFOF in VGPs. Furthermore, higher FA values in the left CST at the level of cerebral peduncle predicted a faster response in visual attention tasks. These results suggest that higher white matter integrity in the motor and higher-tier visual pathways is associated with long-term video game playing, which may contribute to the understanding on how video game play influences motor and visual performance. |
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diffusion tensor imaging inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus inferior longitudinal fasciculus superior longitudinal fasciculus video game white matter |
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