TITLE:
Neuroimaging Phenomenology of the Central Self-Regulation Mechanisms
AUTHORS:
Mark B. Shtark, Kseniya Mazhirina, Mariya Rezakova, Andrey Savelov, Mikhail Pokrovskiy, Olga Jafarova
KEYWORDS:
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Adaptive Feedback; Real and Imitation Biofeedback; Self-Regulation Strategies
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science,
Vol.4 No.1,
January
24,
2014
ABSTRACT: Functional MRI was used to map the brains of subjects
on-line during the process of media training for the acquisition and
improvement of self-regulation mechanisms. The temporal and spatial dynamics of
the new neural network formation were studied in real and simulated (false)
biofeedback game, and their qualitative characteristics were discussed. It has
been shown that immersion into a virtual competitive game, controlled by
physiological responses, causes a wide involvement of the cortices, characterized
by a high volume of activation in the mid-temporal, occipital and frontal
areas, the cuneus and the precuneus. In both forms of media training, high
values of activation volume were identified in the cerebellar structures.