ArticleBasic and clinical neuroscience
Changes in Cognitive Functions Following Violent and Football Video Games in Young Male Volunteers by Studying Brain Waves.
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- Ratio Indexes Based on Spectral Electroencephalographic Brainwaves for Assessment of Mental Involvement: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Stress and Cognition Indicators in a Puzzle Game: Neuropsychological, Biochemical and Electrophysiological Approaches.Archives of Razi Institute · 2022Trial
- DMPat-based SOXFE: investigations of the violence detection using EEG signals.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2025Article
- Effect of High-voltage Electrical Field Exposure on Neurobiological Factors and Visual Working Memory of Macaques.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- The Effect of Brain Teaser Games on the Attention of Players Based on Hormonal and Brain Signals Changes.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
- Perceived Stress and Cfognition Function Quantification in a Scary Video Game: An Electroencephalogram Features and Biochemical Measures.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
- The Effect of Electrical Fields From High-voltage Transmission Line on Cognitive, Biological, and Anatomical Changes in Male Rhesus macaque Monkeys Using MRI: A Case Report Study.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
introductionThis research investigated the effects of violent and football video games on cognitive functions, cortisol levels, and brain waves.
methodsA total of 64 participants competed in a single-elimination tournament. Saliva samples of all players were obtained before and after the games for the assessment of cortisol levels. The cognitive performances of the players were also assessed by paced auditory serial addition test. Moreover, the electroencephalogram recording was conducted during the games.
resultsThe results showed that salivary cortisol levels significantly decreased after playing both games. Also, playing the football game increased reaction time, whereas decreased sustained attention and mental fatigue.
conclusionConversely, following playing a violent game, the reaction time decreased, and sustained attention and mental fatigue increased. Furthermore, the results of the EEG recording revealed that playing a violent game engaged more brain regions than the football game. In conclusion, playing violent game more effectively improved cognitive performances in the players than the football game.
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