TY - JOUR
T1 - A functional MRI study of high-level cognition
T2 - II. The game of GO
AU - Chen, Xiangchuan
AU - Zhang, Daren
AU - Zhang, Xiaochu
AU - Li, Zhihao
AU - Meng, Xiaomei
AU - He, Sheng
AU - Hu, Xiaoping
PY - 2003/3/1
Y1 - 2003/3/1
N2 - GO is a board game thought to be different from chess in many aspects, most significantly in that GO emphasizes global strategy more than local battle, a property very difficult for computer programs to emulate. To investigate the neural basis of GO, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain activities of subjects engaged in playing GO. Enhanced activations were observed in many cortical areas, such as dorsal prefrontal, parietal, occipital, posterior temporal, and primary somatosensory and motor areas. Quantitative analysis indicated a modest degree of stronger activation in right parietal area than in left. This type of right hemisphere lateralization differs from the modest left hemisphere lateralization observed during chess playing.
AB - GO is a board game thought to be different from chess in many aspects, most significantly in that GO emphasizes global strategy more than local battle, a property very difficult for computer programs to emulate. To investigate the neural basis of GO, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain activities of subjects engaged in playing GO. Enhanced activations were observed in many cortical areas, such as dorsal prefrontal, parietal, occipital, posterior temporal, and primary somatosensory and motor areas. Quantitative analysis indicated a modest degree of stronger activation in right parietal area than in left. This type of right hemisphere lateralization differs from the modest left hemisphere lateralization observed during chess playing.
KW - Functional MRI
KW - GO
KW - High-level cognition
KW - Neural basis
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U2 - 10.1016/S0926-6410(02)00206-9
DO - 10.1016/S0926-6410(02)00206-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 12589886
AN - SCOPUS:0037365768
VL - 16
SP - 32
EP - 37
JO - Cognitive Brain Research
JF - Cognitive Brain Research
SN - 0926-6410
IS - 1
ER -