Altered Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Internet Gaming Disorder: Convergent Evidence and Independent Validation
Jiawen Tian, Hui Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Longyao Ma, Bohui Mei, Mengzhe Zhang, Yan Lang, Yarui Wei, Shaoqiang Han, QingQing Lv, Yong Zhang · 2026
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Description
People hooked on gaming show changed brain wiring, and Jiawen Tian and a large team check which changes hold up across studies. Earlier brain scans of internet gaming disorder disagreed with each other. The team combined seventeen studies to find the spots where results agreed.
Two regions stood out: the middle frontal gyrus and a midline strip tied to the cingulate. The team then scanned 58 people with the disorder and 38 healthy volunteers. Both seed regions showed altered links in the new group too, confirming the pattern. Such checks matter before brain findings guide treatment.
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| CREATOR | Jiawen Tian, Hui Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Longyao Ma, Bohui Mei, Mengzhe Zhang, Yan Lang, Yarui Wei, Shaoqiang Han, QingQing Lv, Yong Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |