The longitudinal association between reward processing and symptoms of video game addiction in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Daniel A. Lopez, John J. Foxe, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Wesley K. Thompson, Edward G. Freedman · 2024
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Daniel Lopez, John Foxe, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Wesley Thompson, and Edward Freedman study brain reward signals and gaming habits in teens in a 2024 paper. Heavy video game use can grow into addiction-like habits in some teens. Reward choices in the brain may drive those habits. The team used a large United States teen brain study.
They tracked 6,143 teens over three yearly visits. Brain scans at the first visit measured reward response in a money task. Teens with weaker response in a deep brain area, the caudate, showed more gaming addiction signs over time. The link held for reward waiting, not for reward feedback. The authors say the finding may guide future prevention work.
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| CREATOR | Daniel A. Lopez, John J. Foxe, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Wesley K. Thompson, Edward G. Freedman |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |