Failure to utilize feedback causes decision-making deficits among excessive Internet gamers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-588

  Yao, Yuan Wei ^a   Chen, Pin Ru ^a   Chen, Chang ^a   Wang, Ling Jiao ^a   Zhang, Jin Tao ^a   Xue, Gui ^a   Deng, Lin Yuan ^a   Liu, Qin Xue ^b   Yip, Sarah W ^c   Fang, Xiao Yi ^a,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Feedback processing; Game of dice task; Internet gaming addiction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE TIME; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907598451     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.033     Document Type: Article

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