Characterizing a highly excited and sustained brain response activity during gaming: P300-CE.

ABSTRACT: Inspired by the high engagement and sustained behavioral excitement observed in video game players, we hypothesized that distinct brain activity patterns occur during gaming compared to a generic nongame setting. Using electroencephalography (EEG), we characterized the brain's response to critical in-game events, focusing on the response magnitude and adaptation. Data from a large participant cohort (n = 140 for game tasks, n = 200 for nongame tasks) revealed a clear, definite, and consistent temporospatial structure of brain response patterns triggered by critical in-game events. Most notably, this response displayed unusually large magnitudes and a lack of adaptation over repeated exposures-markedly different from the observed neural responses to typical events in lab-based tasks (e.g.,

SUBMITTER: Pei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318198 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature