Prefrontal cerebral blood volume patterns while playing video games-A near-infrared spectroscopy study

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-321

  Nagamitsu, Shinichiro ^a   Nagano, Miki ^b   Yamashita, Yushiro ^a   Takashima, Sachio ^c   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yanagawa Ryoiku Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; Child development; Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical imaging; Oxygenation; Prefrontal; Video game

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OXYGENATION; PLAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33646083676     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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