Extensive video-game experience alters cortical networks for complex visuomotor transformations

Granek, Joshua A.; Gorbet, Diana J.; Sergio, Lauren E.

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2009.10.009

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“…For example, Granek et al showed the cortical network features of extensive AVG experience related to enhanced visuomotor transformation [11]. AVG experience is also related to increased gray matter volume (GMV) in dorsal striatum [12]; right posterior parietal [13], entorhinal, hippocampal, and occipital volume [14]; and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex [15], which are related to improved performance on cognitive control and sensorimotor functions.…”

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Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks

Gong

et al. 2017

Neural Plasticity

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With action video games (AVGs) becoming increasingly popular worldwide, the cognitive benefits of AVG experience have attracted continuous research attention over the past two decades. Research has repeatedly shown that AVG experience can causally enhance cognitive ability and is related to neural plasticity in gray matter and functional networks in the brain. However, the relation between AVG experience and the plasticity of white matter (WM) network still remains unclear. WM network modulates the distribution of action potentials, coordinating the communication between brain regions and acting as the framework of neural networks. And various types of cognitive deficits are usually accompanied by impairments of WM networks. Thus, understanding this relation is essential in assessing the influence of AVG experience on neural plasticity and using AVG experience as an interventional tool for impairments of WM networks. Using graph theory, this study analyzed WM networks in AVG experts and amateurs. Results showed that AVG experience is related to altered WM networks in prefrontal networks, limbic system, and sensorimotor networks, which are related to cognitive control and sensorimotor functions. These results shed new light on the influence of AVG experience on the plasticity of WM networks and suggested the clinical applicability of AVG experience.

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Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks

Gong

et al. 2017

Neural Plasticity

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“…Typically, participants with experience of videogame play are recruited and compared to groups with little videogame experience. Participants from these two populations have often been found to differ in performance on various tasks involving visuospatial attention and visual function (Cain, Landau, & Shimamura, 2012;Castel, Pratt, & Drummond, 2005;Chisholm, Hickey, Theeuwes, & Kingstone, 2010;Colzato, van Leeuwen, van den Wildenberg, & Hommel, 2010;Green & Bavelier, 2003, 2006a, 2006bHubert-Wallander, Green, Sugarman, & Bavelier, 2011;Karle, Watter, & Shedden, 2010;Li, Polat, Makous, & Bavelier, 2009;Li, Polat, Scalzo, & Bavelier, 2010;Sungur & Boduroglu, 2012;West, Stevens, Pun, & Pratt, 2008), and functional neural activity has been found to differ between the groups (Bavelier, Achtman, Mani, & Föcker, 2012;Granek, Gorbet, & Sergio, 2010;Mishra, Zinni, Bavelier, & Hillyard, 2011;Wu et al, 2012). Why do these difference occur?…”

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The case for causal influences of action videogame play upon vision and attention

Kristjánsson

2013

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Over the past decade, exciting findings have surfaced suggesting that routine action videogame play improves attentional and perceptual skills. Apparently, performance during multiple-object tracking, useful-field-ofview tests, and task switching improves, contrast sensitivity and spatial-resolution thresholds decrease, and the attentional blink and backward masking are lessened by short-term training on action videogames. These are remarkable findings showing promise for the training of attention and the treatment of disorders of attentional function. While the findings are interesting, evidence of causal influences of videogame play is not as strong as is often claimed. In many studies, observers with game play experience and those without are tested. Such studies do not address causality, since preexisting differences are not controlled for. Other studies investigate the training of videogame play, with some evidence of training benefits. Methodological shortcomings and potential confounds limit their impact, however, and they have not always been replicated. No longitudinal studies on videogame training exist, but these may be required to provide conclusive answers about any benefits of videogame training and any interaction with preexisting differences. Suggestions for methodological improvement are made here, including recommendations for longitudinal studies. Such studies may become crucial for the field of attentional training to reach its full potential.

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“…For example, AVG playing can change cortical networks for complex visuomotor transformation13, reduce the amplitude of visually evoked potentials during a non-voluntary attention condition14, and modulate P2 and P3 evoked potentials15. Furthermore, AVG experience is also associated with increased grey matter volume (GMV) in the dorsal striatum1617, right posterior parietal cortex18, entorhinal cortex, hippocampus, occipital cortex19, right hippocampal formation, and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, as well as in both hemispheres of the cerebellum20.…”

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Enhanced functional connectivity and increased gray matter volume of insula related to action video game playing

Gong

Liu

et al. 2015

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Research has shown that distinct insular subregions are associated with particular neural networks (e.g., attentional and sensorimotor networks). Based on the evidence that playing action video games (AVGs) facilitates attentional and sensorimotor functions, this study examined the relation between AVG experience and the plasticity of insular subregions and the functional networks therein that are related to attentional and sensorimotor functions. By comparing AVG experts and amateurs, we found that AVG experts had enhanced functional connectivity and grey matter volume in insular subregions. Furthermore, AVG experts exhibited increased functional connectivity between the attentional and sensorimotor networks, and the experience-related enhancement was predominantly evident in the left insula, an understudied brain area. Thus, AVG playing may enhance functional integration of insular subregions and the pertinent networks therein.

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Extensive video-game experience alters cortical networks for complex visuomotor transformations

Cited by 80 publications

References 77 publications

Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks

Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks

The case for causal influences of action videogame play upon vision and attention

Enhanced functional connectivity and increased gray matter volume of insula related to action video game playing

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