Cognitive biases toward Internet game-related pictures and executive deficits in individuals with an Internet game addiction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cue-related go/no-go switching task provides an experimental approach to study individual's flexibility in changing situations. Because Internet addiction disorder (IAD) belongs to the compulsive-impulsive spectrum of disorders, it should present cognitive bias and executive functioning deficit characteristics of some of these types of disorders. Until now, no studies have been reported on cognitive bias and executive function involving mental flexibility and response inhibition in IAD.

Methodology/principal findings

A total of 46 subjects who met the criteria of the modified Young's Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet addiction (YDQ) were recruited as an Internet game addiction (IGA) group, along with 46 healthy control individuals. All participants perform

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3498351 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature