What makes Internet addicts continue playing online even when faced by severe negative consequences? Possible explanations from an fMRI study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-289

  Dong, Guangheng ^a   Hu, Yanbo ^b   Lin, Xiao ^a   Lu, Qilin ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Executive function; FMRI; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST;

DECISION-MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FMRI; INTERNET ADDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; MALE; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882976761     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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