Short term exposure to a violent video game induces changes in frontolimbic circuitry in adolescents

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-50

  Wang, Yang ^a   Mathews, Vincent P ^a   Kalnin, Andrew J ^a   Mosier, Kristine M ^a   Dunn, David W ^a   Saykin, Andrew J ^a   Kronenberger, William G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Media violence; Prefrontal cortex; Video game

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTOLIMBIC CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE; VIOLENT VIDEO GAME;

EID: 77949653217     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-008-9058-8     Document Type: Article

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