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| Title |
Age Differences in Neural Activity during Slot Machine Gambling: An fMRI Study
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049787 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anna C. McCarrey, Julie D. Henry, William von Hippel, Gabrielle Weidemann, Perminder S. Sachdev, Michael J. A. Wohl, Mark Williams |
| Abstract |
This study aimed to assess the potential association between age-related prefrontal brain changes and slot machine gambling, an activity that has become increasingly popular among older adults. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to assess healthy older and younger adults whilst playing a slot machine. Results revealed that the older group over-recruited several bilateral and contralateral brain structures relative to the younger group. Specifically, older adults exhibited increased neural activation in the superior prefrontal cortex and left orbitofrontal cortex, indicating greater reliance on these structures. These results suggest a compensatory mechanism, by which older adults recruit a greater number of neural networks from both hemispheres to complete the same gambling task as their younger peers. The broader implications of these findings are discussed in relation to theories of neurocognitive and degenerative change that occurs in late adulthood. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Finland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 64 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 18% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 28 | 42% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 15 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1123. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2020.
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#11,117
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#152
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#35
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#3
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