The effects of a virtual reality treatment program for online gaming addiction
- Title
- The effects of a virtual reality treatment program for online gaming addiction
- Author
- 노성원
- Keywords
- Virtual reality therapy; Online gaming addiction; Amplitude low-frequency fluctuation; Functional connectivity; Cortico-striatal-limbic circuit
- Issue Date
- 2016-06
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Citation
- COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, v. 129, Page. 99-108
- Abstract
- Background and objective: Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated dysfunction in the brain reward circuit in individuals with online gaming addiction (OGA). We hypothesized that virtual reality therapy (VRT) for OGA would improve the functional connectivity (FC) of the cortico-striatal-limbic circuit by stimulating the limbic system.
Methods: Twenty-four adults with OGA were randomly assigned to a cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) group or VRT group. Before and after the four-week treatment period, the severity of OGA was evaluated with Young's Internet Addiction Scale (YIAS). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and FC from the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) seed to other brain areas were evaluated. Twelve casual game users were also recruited and underwent only baseline assessment.
Results: After treatment, both CBT and VRT groups showed reductions in YIAS scores. At baseline, the OGA group showed a smaller ALFF within the right middle frontal gyrus and reduced FC in the cortico-striatal-limbic circuit. In the VRT group, connectivity from the PCC seed to the left middle frontal and bilateral temporal lobe increased after VRT.
Conclusion: VRT seemed to reduce the severity of OGA, showing effects similar to CBT, and enhanced the balance of the cortico-striatal-limbic circuit. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169260716000079?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/73407
- ISSN
- 0169-2607; 1872-7565
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.01.015
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- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
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