ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Reduced left dorsolateral prefrontal activation in problematic smartphone users during the Stroop task: An fNIRS study.
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- Comparative effectiveness of open and closed skill exercises on cognitive function in young adults: a fNIRS study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Neural Mechanisms of Inhibition in Scientific Reasoning: Insights from fNIRS.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Acute smartphone use impairs vigilance and inhibition capacities.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging the effects of smartphone (over-)use on brain function and structure-a review on the current state of MRI-based findings and a roadmap for future research.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Introduction: The widespread use of smartphones has triggered concern over problematic smartphone use (PSPU), as well as the need to elucidate its underlying mechanisms. However, the correlation between cortical activation and deficient inhibitory control in PSPU remains unclear. Methods: This study examined inhibitory control using the color-word matching Stroop task and its cortical-activation responses using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in college students with PSPU ( Results: At the behavioral level, Stroop interference, coupled with reaction time, was significantly greater in the PSPU group than in the control group. Changes in oxygenated hemoglobin (Oxy-Hb) signals associated with Stroop interference were significantly increased in the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, left frontopolar area, and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Moreover, the PSPU group had lower Oxy-Hb signal changes associated with Stroop interference in the left-DLPFC, relative to controls. Discussion: These results provide first behavioral and neuroscientific evidence using event-related fNIRS method, to our knowledge, that college students with PSPU may have a deficit in inhibitory control associated with lower cortical activation in the left-DLPFC.
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