Abnormal brain activation of adolescent internet addict in a ball-throwing animation task: Possible neural correlates of disembodiment revealed by fMRI

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Kim, Yeoung Rang ^a   Son, Jung Woo ^b   Lee, Sang Ick ^b   Shin, Chul Jin ^b   Kim, Sie Kyeong ^b   Ju, Gawon ^b   Choi, Won Hee ^b   Oh, Jong Hyun ^b   Lee, Seungbok ^c   Jo, Seongwoo ^c   Ha, Tae Hyon ^d  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Disembodiment; FMRI; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BALL THROWING ANIMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERNET ADDICTION; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84864500882     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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