Cognitive flexibility in internet addicts: fMRI evidence from difficult-to-easy and easy-to-difficult switching situations.

Abstract: Internet addiction disorder (IAD) has raised widespread public health concerns. In this study, we explored the cognitive flexibility in IAD subjects using a color–word Stroop task. Behavioral and imaging data were collected from 15 IAD subjects (21.2±3.2years) and 15 healthy controls (HC,...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Addictive Behaviors Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 677 - 684
Autores principales: Dong, Guangheng, Lin, Xiao, Zhou, Hongli, Lu, Qilin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Mar2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=93585610&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 93585610
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        03064603
        3A4
      jtl: Addictive Behaviors
      issn: 03064603
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Mar2014
      vid: 39
      iid: 3
      pid: 2410
      pub: Elsevier B.V.
    artinfo:
      ui:
        93585610
        10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.11.028
      ppf: 677
      ppct: 7
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Cognitive flexibility in internet addicts: fMRI evidence from difficult-to-easy and easy-to-difficult switching situations.
      aug:
        au:
          Dong, Guangheng
          Lin, Xiao
          Zhou, Hongli
          Lu, Qilin
        affil:
          Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, PR China
          School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, PR China
      su:
        Internet addiction
        Compulsive behavior
        People with Internet addiction
        Task performance
        Brain function localization
      sug:
        subj:
          Internet addiction
          Compulsive behavior
          People with Internet addiction
          Task performance
          Brain function localization
      keyword:
        Attention shifting
        Cognitive flexibility
        Executive control
        Attention shifting
        Cognitive flexibility
        Executive control
      ab: Abstract: Internet addiction disorder (IAD) has raised widespread public health concerns. In this study, we explored the cognitive flexibility in IAD subjects using a color–word Stroop task. Behavioral and imaging data were collected from 15 IAD subjects (21.2±3.2years) and 15 healthy controls (HC, 22.1±3.6years). Group comparisons found that IAD subjects show higher superior temporal gyrus activations than healthy controls in switching (easy to difficult; difficult to easy) than in repeating trials. In addition, in difficult-to-easy situation, IAD subjects show higher brain activation in bilateral insula than healthy controls; in easy-to-difficult situation, IAD subjects show higher brain activation in bilateral precuneus than healthy controls. Correlations were also performed between behavioral performances and brain activities in relevant brain regions. Taken together, we concluded that IAD subjects engaged more endeavors in executive control and attention in the switching task. From another perspective, IAD subjects show impaired cognitive flexibilities.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N