Impaired decision-making and impulse control in Internet gaming addicts : evidence from the comparison with recreational Internet game users

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Although Internet games have been proven to be addictive, only a few game players develop online gaming addiction. A large number of players play online games recreationally without being addicted to it. These individuals are defined as recreational Internet gaming users (RGU). So far, no research has investigated decision-making and impulse control in RGU. In the current study, we used delay discounting (DD) task and probabilistic discounting (PD) task to examine decision-making and impulse control in 20 healthy controls, 20 subjects with Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and 23 RGU during fMRI scanning. At the behavioral level, RGU showed lower DD rate and higher PD rate than subjects with IGD and there was no significant difference between RGU and healthy controls on the DD and PD rates. At the neural level, RGU showed increased neural response in the parahippocampal gyrus, the anterior cingulate cortex, the medial frontal gyrus and the inferior frontal gyrus as compared with subjects with IGD. These brain regions may play an important role in preventing RGU from developing addiction. The results suggest that the RGU are capable of inhibiting impulse due to additional cognitive endeavor and the subjects with IGD have deficit in decision-making and impulsive control, which are associated with brain dysfunction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Addiction biology - 22(2017), 6 vom: 21. Nov., Seite 1610-1621

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yifan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lingdan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lingxiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yifen [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xiaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Guangheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Decision-making
Delay discounting
Impulse control
Internet gaming disorder
Journal Article
Probability discounting
Recreational Internet gaming user

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Date Completed 16.07.2018

Date Revised 16.07.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/adb.12458

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264851781