The effects of a virtual reality treatment program for online gaming addiction.

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Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated dysfunction in the brain reward circuit in individuals with online gaming addiction (OGA). We hypothesized that virtual reality therapy (VRT) for OGA would improve the functional connectivity (FC) of the cortico-striatal-limbic circuit by stimulating the limbic system.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Comput Methods Programs Biomed

Title: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1872-7565

ISSN (Print): 0169-2607

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2016

Volume: 129

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[1 ] Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Medical Center, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: architers@hanmail.net.

[2 ] Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Medical Center, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: sunmikim706@gmail.com.

[3 ] Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: swroh@hanyang.ac.kr.

[4 ] Department of Mental Health Research, Seoul National Hospital, Junggok 3-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-711, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: soho27@gmail.com.

[5 ] Eun Hye Hospital, Simgok-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon 404-793, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: lnh409@naver.com.

[6 ] Department of Psychology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA. Electronic address: hk19@rice.edu.

[7 ] Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Medical Center, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: hawkeyelys@hanmail.net.

[8 ] Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Medical Center, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: hduk@yahoo.com.

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Publisher Item ID: S0169-2607(16)00007-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.01.015

PubMed ID: 26860055

SO-VID: c3d95649-75da-4cf5-96b4-bacf1e907f9d

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Keywords: Amplitude low-frequency fluctuation,Cortico-striatal-limbic circuit,Functional connectivity,Online gaming addiction,Virtual reality therapy

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Keywords: Amplitude low-frequency fluctuation, Cortico-striatal-limbic circuit, Functional connectivity, Online gaming addiction, Virtual reality therapy

The effects of a virtual reality treatment program for online gaming addiction.

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