Toward brain correlates of natural behavior: fMRI during violent video games

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 948-956

  Mathiak, Klaus ^a   Weber, René ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Complex behavior; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Violent video games; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIOLENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33751502849     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20234     Document Type: Article

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