Effects of Media Multitasking and Video Gaming on Cognitive Functions and Their Neural Bases in Adolescents and Young Adults

IF 3.9 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

European Psychologist Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1027/1016-9040/a000477

K. Alho, M. Moisala, K. Salmela‐Aro

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Abstract. The increasing use of digital technology among adolescents and young adults has led to concerns about possible detrimental effects on cognitive and brain functions. Indeed, as reviewed here, according to behavioral and brain-imaging studies, excessive media multitasking (i.e., using different digital media in parallel) may lead to enhanced distractibility and problems in maintaining attention. However, frequent video gaming may be beneficial for the development of working memory, task switching, and attention skills. All these cognitive skills depend on executive cognitive functions. Still scant but gradually cumulating brain-imaging results suggest that the negative effects of frequent media multitasking and the positive effects of frequent video gaming on cognitive skills in adolescents and young adults are mediated by effects on the frontal lobes, implicated in executive cognitive functions and still developing even through early adulthood.

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媒体多任务和视频游戏对青少年认知功能及其神经基础的影响

摘要青少年和年轻人越来越多地使用数字技术，这引起了人们对可能对认知和大脑功能产生有害影响的担忧。事实上，正如本文所回顾的，根据行为和脑成像研究，过度的媒体多任务处理(即同时使用不同的数字媒体)可能会导致注意力分散和保持注意力的问题。然而，频繁的电子游戏可能对工作记忆、任务转换和注意力技能的发展有益。所有这些认知技能都依赖于执行认知功能。脑成像结果仍然很少，但逐渐累积的结果表明，频繁的媒体多任务处理对青少年和年轻人认知技能的负面影响和频繁的视频游戏的积极影响是通过对额叶的影响来调节的，额叶涉及执行认知功能，甚至在成年早期仍在发展。

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European Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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