Video Game-Brain Functioning Reversibility Study
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Brief summary
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1. Young adults who are exposed to 7-10 days of play of violent video games will show reduced activation in certain regions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex. 2. Young adults who are exposed to 7-10 days of violent video games will show increased activation in regions of the amygdala. 3. Young adults who abstain from violent video games for a week, after 7-10 days of play of violent video games, will show increased activation of regions in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex and decreased activation of the amygdala, on pre-post fMRI and compared to young adults who continue to play violent video games. 4. Young adults who complete a computerized attention-training program after 7-10 days of violent video games will show increased activation of regions in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex and decreased activation of the amygdala, on pre-post fMRI and compared to young adults who continue to play violent video games.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00700453
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Control group with no video game play Behavioral
- control 2 Behavioral
- VG1 group (2 weeks of violent video game play) Behavioral
- Cognitive Training Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 29 Years
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2008
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2011
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2018
- Last update posted
- May 2, 2012
2008 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology-- Research 2 building | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Riley Outpatient Center Rm 4300 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
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- Last update posted May 2, 2012 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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