Molecular Psychiatry: Impact of video games on plasticity of the hippocampus.

The neuroimaging study's participants were all healthy 18- to 30-year-olds with no history of playing video games.īrain scans conducted on the participants before and after the experiment looked for differences in the hippocampus between players who favour spatial memory strategies and so-called response learners - that is, players whose way of navigating a game favours a part of the brain called the caudate nucleus, which helps us to form habits. Researchers Gregory West and Véronique Bohbot say their study is the first to provide conclusive evidence that video games can have a negative impact on the brain.

'To date, no one has shown that human-computer interactions could have negative impacts on the brain - in this case the hippocampal memory system.' Game on: Study shows VR and video games can help fight depression.Want a better brain? Try a video game, U of S research says.'A few studies have been published that show video games could have a positive impact on the brain, namely positive associations between action video games, first-person shooter games, and visual attention and motor control skills,' West told CBC News. Gregory West, an associate professor of psychology at the Université de Montréal, says the neuroimaging study, published Tuesday in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, is the first to find conclusive evidence of grey matter loss in a key part of the brain as a direct result of computer interaction. Playing first-person shooter video games causes some users to lose grey matter in a part of their brain associated with the memory of past events and experiences, a new study by two Montreal researchers concludes.

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