Brainwaves on battlegrounds: Preliminary insights into EEG, white matter microstructure, and StarCraft II performance

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dc.abstract.enThis study examines neural and cognitive correlates of visual search skills in the real-time strategy game StarCraft II. Specifically, we explore the relationship between fractional anisotropy (FA), event-related potentials (ERPs) and in-game performance. We used EEG recordings to measure the N2pc component, associated with visual attention, during a visual search (VS) task and collected structural neuroimaging data to assess white matter microstructure. Our analysis revealed that lower N2pc amplitudes during inefficient search correlated with better in-game VS-related performance, suggesting that more efficient neural processing supports success in complex gaming environments. Furthermore, we found that greater FA in the right anterior limb of the internal capsule (rALIC) and the left external capsule (lEC) is associated with superior in-game visual search performance, highlighting an interplay between brain structure and function in developing visual search skills and gaming proficiency. Our results suggest that action video games provide a suitable environment for studying neural mechanisms underlying complex cognitive processes.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Krakowie
dc.contributor.authorNieciecka, Weronika
dc.contributor.authorLewandowska, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorAdamczyk, Stanisław
dc.contributor.authorBinkowska, Alicja Anna
dc.contributor.authorBrzezicka, Aneta
dc.contributor.authorSzczeciński, Patryk
dc.contributor.authorJakubowska, Natalia
dc.date.access2025-05-06
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-06T11:04:55Z
dc.date.available2025-05-06T11:04:55Z
dc.date.created2025-04-27
dc.date.issued2025-05-05
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2016/23/B/HS6/03843
dc.description.granttitleZmienność w czasie neuropoznawczych efektów treningu złożonym zadaniem w formie strategicznej gry komputerowej.
dc.description.physical1-14
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume170
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chb.2025.108689
dc.identifier.issn0747-5632
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1443
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563225001360
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.rights.explanationzamknięty dostęp
dc.rights.questionNo_rights
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dc.subject.enEEG activity
dc.subject.enN2pc component
dc.subject.enWhite matter microstructure
dc.subject.enVisual search
dc.subject.enReal-time strategy games
dc.subject.enCognitive-motor abilities
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dc.titleBrainwaves on battlegrounds: Preliminary insights into EEG, white matter microstructure, and StarCraft II performance
dc.title.journalComputers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle