Impaired decision-making and impulse control in Internet gaming addicts: evidence from the comparison with recreational Internet game users

Addiction Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1610-1621

  Wang, Yifan ^a   Wu, Lingdan ^b   Wang, Lingxiao ^a   Zhang, Yifen ^a   Du, Xiaoxia ^c   Dong, Guangheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

decision making; delay discounting; impulse control; Internet gaming disorder; probability discounting; recreational Internet gaming user

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY DISCOUNTING TASK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME ADDICTION; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC DISCOUNTING TASK; RECREATIONAL GAME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADDICTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECREATION; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990062953     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12458     Document Type: Article

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