VIDEO GAME DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN ACTIVITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN A STUDY FINDS THAT MENS BRAINS MAY RESPOND TO VIDEO GAMES DIFFERENTLY THAN WOMEN
Males are bigger consumers than females when it comes to mainstream video games. A possible reason males enjoy playing (and end up addicted to) video games might be attributed to how the male brain is wired when compared to the female brain, particularly in the reward and addiction system. A study by Hoeft etal found that when men play the video games, a part of the brain involved in feelings of reward and addiction becomes much more activated than it does in women. Scientists have been looking at how people's brains operate while playing video games using a device called a functional mri. MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. You can see changes happening in the brain while men and women play video games.
Do brain structure differences between men and women cause different responses to video games?
In the blog,Lumosity Brain Health, they talk with the brain researcher who found a difference between men and women in the brain activity while playing a territorial video game. Dr. Fumiko Hoeft told me that, “We only examined one kind of game (one that is based on space infringement). Hence, when other types of video games are examined, there may be a totally different response and perhaps females may show bigger physiological responses." At least in the territorial game, though, female subjects actually "turn off certain regions during game play."
Brain mapping is achieved by setting up an advanced MRI scanner in a special way so that the increased blood flow to the activated areas of the brain while playing the video games shows up on functional MRI scans. The scan measures the tiny metabolic changes that occur when a part of the brain is active during the game play. These changes will appear as a brightly colored area on the MR image, indicating the part of the brain that is being used to process the task.
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