A functional MRI study of high-level cognition. II. The game of GO.

Full Abstract

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.

Author information

Author/s: Chen, Xiangchuan (X); Zhang, Daren (D); Zhang, Xiaochu (X); Li, Zhihao (Z); Meng, Xiaomei (X); He, Sheng (S); Hu, Xiaoping (X);

Affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, PR China.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Brain research. Cognitive brain research (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 16 (issue 1) : pp 32-7

Dates: Created 2003/02/18; Completed 2003/04/17; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12589886, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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