Positive association of video game playing with left frontal cortical thickness in adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kühn, Simone ^a,b,c   Lorenz, Robert ^b   Banaschewski, Tobias ^d   Barker, Gareth J ^e   Büchel, Christian ^f   Conrod, Patricia J ^e   Flor, Herta ^d   Garavan, Hugh ^g   Ittermann, Bernd ^c   Loth, Eva ^e   Mann, Karl ^d   Nees, Frauke ^d   Artiges, Eric ^h,i   Paus, Tomas ^j,k,l   Rietschel, Marcella ^d   Smolka, Michael N ^m   Ströhle, Andreas ^a   Walaszek, Bernadetta ^c   Schumann, Gunter ^f   Heinz, Andreas ^b   Gallinat, Jürgen ^b,f   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CORTICAL THINNING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECREATION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84898419342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091506     Document Type: Article

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