Video game playing is a frequent recreational activity. Previous studies have reported an
involvement of dopamine-related ventral striatum. However, structural brain correlates of …

Video games contain elaborate reinforcement and reward schedules that have the potential
to maximize motivation. Neuroimaging studies suggest that video games might have an …

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that the brain circuitry mediating cue-induced
desire for video games is similar to that elicited by cues related to drugs and alcohol. We …

Functional neuroimaging studies have implicated an involvement of the prefrontal cortex
and mesolimbic reward system (ie, ventral striatum) in pathological gambling (PG) …

Pathological gamblers impress by an increasing preoccupation with gambling, which leads
to the neglect of stimuli, interests, and behaviors that were once of high personal relevance …

Patients with on-line game addiction (POGA) and professional video game players play
video games for extended periods of time, but experience very different consequences for …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have
identified differential brain activity in healthy subjects performing gambling tasks and in …

Electronic gaming machines (EGMs) offer significant revenue streams for mercantile
gambling. However, limited clinical and experimental evidence suggests that EGMs are …

BACKGROUND: Brain dopamine neurons code rewarding environmental stimuli by
releasing endogenous dopamine, a transmission signal that is important for reinforcement …

Gambling is a common recreational activity that becomes dysfunctional in a subset of
individuals, with DSM “pathological gambling” regarded as the most severe form. During …