Electronic-Sports Experience Related to Functional Enhancement in Central Executive and Default Mode Areas

Neural Plasticity
Diankun GongDezhong Yao

Abstract

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. Fi...Continue Reading

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May 7, 2019·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Diankun GongDezhong Yao
Feb 6, 2020·Behavioral and Brain Functions : BBF·Eunhye ChoiMin-Hyeon Park
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