Enhanced functional connectivity and increased gray matter volume of insula related to action video game playing

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gong, Diankun ^a   He, Hui ^a   Liu, Dongbo ^a   Ma, Weiyi ^a,b   Dong, Li ^a   Luo, Cheng ^a   Yao, Dezhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN MAPPING; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928039158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09763     Document Type: Article

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