ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Neurobiological Link between Stress and Gaming: A Scoping Review.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- How Long Is Too Long? Effects of Mobile Game Duration on Stress and Cognitive Function by Gender.International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Effects of aerobic exercise and computer-based cognitive training on cognition, functional independence, quality of life, and salivary cortisol levels in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- What's About Adolescent Online Gamers' Mental Health? Psychological and Cortisol-Stress-System Outcomes in Childhood and Adolescence: A Prospective Longitudinal Case-Control Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The Positive Effect of Video-Game Play on College Students' Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic Shelter-in-Place Lockdowns: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Diurnal Profiles of the Endocrine Stress Response in Internet Gaming Disorder.Psychopathology · 2025Article
- Transfer from goal-directed behavior to stimulus-response habits and its modulation by acute stress in individuals with risky gaming behavior.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Research on video gaming has been challenged by the way to properly measure individual play experience as a continuum, and current research primarily focuses on persons with gaming disorder based on the diagnostic criteria established in relation to substance use and gambling. To better capture the complexity and dynamic experience of gaming, an understanding of brain functional changes related to gaming is necessary. Based on the proinflammatory hypothesis of addiction, this scoping review was aiming to (1) survey the literature published since 2012 to determine how data pertinent to the measurement of stress response had been reported in video gaming studies and (2) clarify the link between gaming and stress response. Eleven studies were included in this review, and the results suggest that gaming could stimulate a stress-like physiological response, and the direction of this response is influenced by an individual's biological profile, history of gaming, and gaming content. Our findings highlight the need for future investigation of the stress-behaviour correlation in the context of gaming, and this will assist in understanding the biological mechanisms underlying game addiction and inform the potential targets for addiction-related proinflammatory research.
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