ReviewBrain sciences2019
Does Video Gaming Have Impacts on the Brain: Evidence from a Systematic Review.
Review in Brain sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Acute and Chronic Physical Exercise on Esports Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Gaming and Neuropsychological Assessment of Social Cognition.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Videogame training increases clinical well-being, attention and hippocampal-prefrontal functional connectivity in patients with schizophrenia.Translational psychiatry · 2024Trial
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- Psychological Correlates of Problematic Gaming Behaviour in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Structural and Contextual Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Television and computer use and dementia risk in older adults with limited leisure or social activities: A prospective cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Effects of Video Game Type on Cognitive Performance and Brain Functional Connectivity: A Longitudinal EEG Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Structurally constrained functional connectivity reveals efficient visuomotor decision-making mechanisms in action video gamers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Action Video Gaming Enhances Brain Structure: Increased Cortical Thickness and White Matter Integrity in Occipital and Parietal Regions.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The impact of action video game experience on visual selective attention in deaf middle school students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Characterizing the cognitive and mental health benefits of exercise and video game playing.PloS one · 2025Article
- Analysing Digital Engagement Patterns: A Machine Learning Investigation into Social Anxiety Among Adolescents with ADHD.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Connectivity in the Dorsal Visual Stream Is Enhanced in Action Video Game Players.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Examining the prevalence and type of technology-use in people with Down syndrome: Perspectives from parents and caregivers.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2024Article
- An Exploratory Study of the Potential of Online Counseling for University Students by a Human-Operated Avatar Counselor.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a Serious Video Game (MOON) for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Practical psychiatry: Taking gaming seriously - a primer for psychiatrists on gamers and gaming culture.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2024Review
- Association between gaming disorder and regional homogeneity in highly involved male adult gamers: A pilot resting-state fMRI study.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging correlates of internet gaming disorder: Can we achieve the promise of translating understandings of brain functioning into clinical advances?The Canadian journal of addiction · 2023Article
- Gaming Disorder and Psycho-Emotional Wellbeing among Male University Students and Other Young Adults in Israel.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Video gaming, the experience of playing electronic games, has shown several benefits for human health. Recently, numerous video gaming studies showed beneficial effects on cognition and the brain. A systematic review of video gaming has been published. However, the previous systematic review has several differences to this systematic review. This systematic review evaluates the beneficial effects of video gaming on neuroplasticity specifically on intervention studies. Literature research was conducted from randomized controlled trials in PubMed and Google Scholar published after 2000. A systematic review was written instead of a meta-analytic review because of variations among participants, video games, and outcomes. Nine scientific articles were eligible for the review. Overall, the eligible articles showed fair quality according to Delphi Criteria. Video gaming affects the brain structure and function depending on how the game is played. The game genres examined were 3D adventure, first-person shooting (FPS), puzzle, rhythm dance, and strategy. The total training durations were 16-90 h. Results of this systematic review demonstrated that video gaming can be beneficial to the brain. However, the beneficial effects vary among video game types.
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