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Electronic-Sports Experience Related to Functional Enhancement in Central Executive and Default Mode Areas
Joint Authors
Yao, Dezhong
Gong, Diankun
Ma, Weiyi
Yan, Yuening
Liu, Tiejun
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-01-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Electronic-sports (e-sports) is a form of organized, online, multiplayer video game competition, which requires both action skills and the ability and process of forming and adapting a strategy (referred to as strategization hereafter) to achieve goals.
Over the past few decades, research has shown that video gaming experience has an important impact on the plasticity of the sensorimotor, attentional, and executive brain areas.
However, little research has examined the relationship between e-sports experience and the plasticity of brain networks that are related to strategization.
Using resting-state fMRI data and the local functional connectivity density (lFCD) analysis, this study investigated the relationship between e-sports experience (League of Legends [LOL] in this study) and brain plasticity by comparing between top-ranking LOL players and lower-ranking (yet experienced) LOL players.
Results showed that the top-ranking LOL players had superior local functional integration in the executive areas compared to lower-ranking players.
Furthermore, the top-ranking players had higher lFCD in the default mode areas, which have been found related to various subprocesses (e.g., memory and planning) essential for strategization.
Finally, the top-ranking players’ lFCD was related to their LOL expertise rank level, as indicated by a comprehensive score assigned by the gaming software based on players’ gaming experience and expertise.
Thus, the result showed that the local functional connectivity in central executive and default mode brain areas was enhanced in the top-ranking e-sports players, suggesting that e-sports experience is related to the plasticity of the central executive and default mode areas.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gong, Diankun& Ma, Weiyi& Liu, Tiejun& Yan, Yuening& Yao, Dezhong. 2019. Electronic-Sports Experience Related to Functional Enhancement in Central Executive and Default Mode Areas. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201033
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gong, Diankun…[et al.]. Electronic-Sports Experience Related to Functional Enhancement in Central Executive and Default Mode Areas. Neural Plasticity No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201033
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gong, Diankun& Ma, Weiyi& Liu, Tiejun& Yan, Yuening& Yao, Dezhong. Electronic-Sports Experience Related to Functional Enhancement in Central Executive and Default Mode Areas. Neural Plasticity. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201033
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1201033