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The inhibition of proactive interference among adults with I nternet gaming disorder
Author(s) -
Ko ChihHung,
Wang PengWei,
Liu TaiLing,
Yen ChengFang,
Chen ChengSheng,
Yen JuYu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/appy.12134
Subject(s) - forgetting , motivated forgetting , psychology , task (project management) , addiction , cognition , control (management) , interference theory , cognitive psychology , retrieval induced forgetting , working memory , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , management , economics
Abstract Introduction Cognitive control plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of addictive behavior. The aim of the study was to evaluate the deficit in inhibition of proactive interference of I nternet gaming disorder ( IGD ) using a directed forgetting task among young adults. Methods A total of 64 participants with IGD and 69 controls were recruited on a university campus. They completed the directed forgetting task for online gaming words and neutral words. Results The results demonstrated that the IGD group had a poorer performance on the directed forgetting task, and this represented a deficit in inhibition of proactive interference. They also had a higher tendency to remember online gaming words rather than neutral words in comparison with the control group. This demonstrated memory bias toward online gaming words. Discussion These results suggested that more attention should be paid to deficits in inhibition of proactive interference and memory bias toward gaming content when treating subjects with IGD . Furthermore, it is essential and practical to prevent exposure to online gaming‐related cues when endeavoring to control online gaming behavior.