Crave in online game addicts - fMRI Study

Using fMRI technique, it has been found that World of warcraft game pictures have induced crave in adolescents. It has also been found that an addict's craving behavior may mainly be related to bilateral dorsal lateral frontal cortex, cingulated cortex and right inferior parietal lobule regions. Playing Wow game for long periods of time is not the sole factor affecting our brain functions. A change in the latter may also be due to a change in brain structures. The results have suggested neuroanatomic basis of craving cue-induced by World of warcraft online game. Because cue-induced craving is a complex reaction, it may be related to memory, learning, emotional and mental processes such as rewards.

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Yueji Sun is a Professor of Psychiatry at Dalian Medical University. At present she is taking on vice-minister of psychiatric association in Liaoning province and vice-minister of psychological association in Dalian city.Till now she has published around 100 papers in CNKI and some SCI papers. She is also the editor of some Chinese core journals.