In recent years, the field of video games has developed at an overwhelmingly rapid rate. Worldwide, it has managed to attract more than two billion users, of which the most important percentage was represented by teenagers. While video gaming is one of the most popular leisure activities, it...
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There’s no single cause of video game addiction. However, the release of dopamine, a brain chemical (neurotransmitter) that comes from winning or playing games, could play a role in video game addiction. Dopamine’s release creates a rewarding or motivating sensation that can lead to the cont...
From escapism and socialization to competition, video games are highly engaging, reinforcing, and stimulating by design. Prolonged, excessive exposure to immediate rewards and dopamine hits in gaming may diminish the number of dopamine receptors in the brain over time, which can lead to tolerance ...
Video game addiction (VGA) is associated with cognitive problems, particularly deficits in inhibitory control. The present study aimed to investigate behavioural responses and event‐related potential associated with specific response inhibition using the cued Go/NoGo task to examine the effects of VGA ...
We aim to detect if the volunteers with extensive consumption of video games, yet below the IGD-20 test addiction threshold, i.e., the recreational gamers, exhibit any changes in the brain function similar to the ones in substance- and non-substance addictions. We have selected 47 ...
Objective. We studied the prevalences of video game use (VGU) and addiction (VGA) in gambling disorder (GD) patients and compared them with subjects with non-video game use (non-VGU) in relation to their gambling behavior, psychopathology, and personality characteristics.Method. A sample of ...
Multiple mediation analysis showed a significant mediating effect of coping, (specifically withdrawal/resignation coping) on the relationship between video game addiction and symptoms of DAS. Offline perceived social support was a significant partial mediator in the relationship between gaming addiction and ...
A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and that continues unabated despite serious negative consequences in other areas of the gamer’s life. Contents ...
Do arbitrary limits work, or do they just lead to more stress in the home? How can we make choices today that will lead to the personal development we hope to foster in our kids? 5 Positive Strategies for Video Gaming with ADHD 1. Co-create guidelines. As William Stixrud, Ph.D., ...