HarryWeezer Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted November 16, 2011 Fourteen-year-olds who were frequent video gamers had more gray matter in the rewards center of the brain than peers who didn't play video games as much. European scientists reported the discovery Tuesday in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Psychologist Simone Kuhn of Ghent University in Belgium and colleagues recruited 154 healthy 14-year-olds in Berlin and divided them into two groups. Twenty-four girls and 52 boys were frequent gamers who played at least nine hours of video games each week. Fifty-eight girls and 20 boys were infrequent gamers, who played less than nine hours a week. Structural magnetic resonance imaging showed differences in the test subjects' brains. Frequent gamers had more gray matter in a portion of the brain known as the left ventral striatum, which affects the interplay of emotions and behavior. Previous research identified striatal function as a "core candidate promoting addictive behavior," the authors wrote. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the team also observed changes in the kids' brains as they participated in a task that simulated anticipating and receiving a reward. They found that frequent gamers had greater brain activity when they were given feedback that they were losing. This is similar to a response seen in addicted gamblers, the authors noted, who have increased levels of the the brain chemical dopamine in the ventral striatum when they are losing money. The authors wrote that their study is the first to correlate changes in brain structures with video gaming. They couldn't determine if the frequent gamers' brains grew larger as a result of playing video games or if those kids were attracted to gaming because that part of their brain was enlarged in the first place; scientists will need to measure the effects of video gaming on structures in the brain over time to figure that out. Awards
PrimalFear Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 159 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 855 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 93 Achievement Points: 5145 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 9, 2012 Birthday: 09/21/1971 Posted November 16, 2011 Very interesting article Harry but if you will welcome my response to this as general discussion and not just accepting the article for what it claims, the article is focusing to much on addiction, I'd like to see that study if you have the link. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that controls motivation, pleasures, learning and movement. They are focusing on the "striatal function" which refers to the "ventral striatum" which is responsible for motivation, emotion, sexual arousal and yes also psychological stuff like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addiction. For them to come to the conclusion that it is about addiction has about the same substance as saying the tests results show everyone is more likely to get a boner that talks to them. Your right though, gamers are smarter.
Blackbart Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted November 16, 2011 Hmmm...I thought the reason I get a boner every time Harry talks to me is because he's so sexy... Awards
casper Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 2963 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 73 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 12 Achievement Points: 533 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2013 Birthday: 11/27/1946 Posted November 16, 2011 Interesting article, Harry, I've heard this elsewhere too. I've also read that in Old Farts the gaming addiction is also helpful in eye and hand coordination and other helpful benefits...
HarryWeezer Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Author Posted November 16, 2011 Indeed it is Casper - in my experience anyway - although there does come a time when age-related factors slow you down. I recently transferred from being a COD4 admin to COD5 because I simply can't keep up with game speed on Ace Mod any longer; hard to admit that but whatcha gonna do? But I've no doubt that gaming has kept my reflexes as sharp as they can be for we old farts, and certainly keeps the synapses firing, particularly when some sum bitch sticks a knife in your back. Awards
LandShark Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 698 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1147 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 786 Achievement Points: 7253 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5 Device: Windows Posted November 16, 2011 Is that why I threw my monitor thru the window? I need to tell my wife something Awards
casper Posted November 18, 2011 Member ID: 2963 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 73 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 12 Achievement Points: 533 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2013 Birthday: 11/27/1946 Posted November 18, 2011 I agree Harry, the gaming does help, except when the body parts will not respond like they should, this is reason I have had so many silly deaths, well, what the heck, its a game right? We are here to have fun. I like to be able to camp and shoot, and get called on it lots by some of the younger players, fact just the other night, there was two of us left on a map where you have to go and hunt those critters, and I made the comment that I just hate to do this cause I never make it back to the spot where I was. I was told, "But you NEVER get out there and hunt", oh, well, I went out and sure enough, POOF, there I sat awaiting the next round. LOL
BigPapaDean Posted November 18, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1216 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6566 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4444 Achievement Points: 63772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted November 18, 2011 SgtHarryWeezer Indeed it is Casper - in my experience anyway - although there does come a time when age-related factors slow you down. I recently transferred from being a COD4 admin to COD5 because I simply can't keep up with game speed on Ace Mod any longer; hard to admit that but whatcha gonna do? But I've no doubt that gaming has kept my reflexes as sharp as they can be for we old farts, and certainly keeps the synapses firing, particularly when some sum bitch sticks a knife in your back. I'm so sorry Harry! If I had related your slow reactions to being and "OLD FART" I would have just given you haircuts and not stolen your family jewels! Damn I am a real IDIOT for sure! Awards
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