Zhao Bingjie, Liu Yan, Wang Zheng, Zhang Qihan, Bai Xuejun
Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China.
Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 May 31;14(6):469. doi: 10.3390/bs14060469.
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of extended bridge expertise on rapid perceptual processing and brain functional plasticity in early adulthood, utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this investigation, we compared 6 high-level college bridge players with 25 college students lacking bridge experience, assessing their intelligence and working memory. Additionally, we scrutinized behavioral performance and whole-brain activation patterns during an image perceptual judgment task. Findings indicated significant group and interaction effects at the behavioral level. Bridge players exhibited prolonged reaction times and enhanced accuracy on card tasks. At the neural level, the activation level of bridge players in the occipital lobe exceeded that of ordinary college students, with more pronounced group effects in the motor area and inferior parietal lobule during card tasks. This implies that bridge expertise in early adulthood induces functional plasticity changes in regions associated with visual processing and automated mathematical computation.
本研究的目的是利用功能磁共振成像（fMRI），调查成年早期扩展的桥牌专业技能对快速感知处理和大脑功能可塑性的影响。在这项调查中，我们将6名高水平的大学桥牌玩家与25名缺乏桥牌经验的大学生进行了比较，评估了他们的智力和工作记忆。此外，我们在图像感知判断任务期间仔细检查了行为表现和全脑激活模式。研究结果表明在行为水平上存在显著的组间效应和交互效应。桥牌玩家在纸牌任务上表现出更长的反应时间和更高的准确性。在神经水平上，桥牌玩家枕叶的激活水平超过了普通大学生，在纸牌任务期间，运动区和顶下小叶的组间效应更为明显。这意味着成年早期的桥牌专业技能会在与视觉处理和自动数学计算相关的区域引发功能可塑性变化。
