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February 16, 2025Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

MGAs exhibited reduced inhibitions, decreased executive function, elevated distress, and interaction effects indicating elevated pNN50 and high-frequency HRV during gameplay compared to controls.

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Why the study?

Mobile gaming addiction has risen with technical advancements, and emotional distress and declining inhibitions may worsen addictions.

Do physiological and neuropsychological indicators differ between college students with and without mobile gaming addiction during gameplay?

Population

13 participants with MGA and 27 controls from 1774 first-year students

Comparison

Participants with MGA vs controls

Authors

CCChia-Ying ChenHLHsien‐Yuan LaneYLYu‐Chi Liao

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Overview

Should not yet inform clinical screening for mobile gaming addiction; leaves open causal role of autonomic and executive changes.

Structured PICO

Do physiological and neuropsychological indicators differ between college students with and without mobile gaming addiction during gameplay?

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Population
40 first-year college students (13 with mobile gaming addiction [MGA] and 27 controls)
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Intervention
Playing mobile games
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Comparator
Controls without MGA; baseline and recovery conditions
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Outcome
Physiological (Heart Rate Variability) and neuropsychological indicators (executive function, behavioral systems)surrogate

College students with mobile gaming addiction show impaired executive function and altered autonomic responses (HRV) during gaming compared to controls.

Cite This Study

Chen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7feb5404731064ad46ef77https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104809
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