Brain and Behavior,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Purpose
Virtual
reality
(VR)
offers
immersive
environments
for
studying
psychomotor
performance,
but
the
reliability
of
dry‐electrode
electroencephalography
(EEG)
in
assessing
brain
activity
during
dynamic
VR
exergames
(VRex)
remains
unclear.
The
present
study
investigated
feasibility
and
EEG
frequency
band,
with
primary
focus
on
alpha
band
activity.
Methods
Ten
amateur
combat
sports
male
participants
(37
±
11
years)
volunteered
this
study.
recording
motion
test‐retest
(24
h)
reliability,
was
investigated.
measurements
were
obtained
pre,
post,
throughout
a
standardized
boxing
ball
VRex
session,
comprising
three
3‐min
rounds
interspersed
1‐min
rest
intervals.
data
analyzed
globally
at
each
electrode
site,
calculating
average
power
spectral
density
values.
Findings
ICCs
indicated
poor‐to‐excellent
(0.208–0.858)
across
all
within
4‐
to
30‐Hz
range.
Poor‐to‐good
(0.393–0.636)
found
task‐active
Electrode
sites
ranged
from
poor
(electrode
P3;
0.262)
excellent
P4;
0.728),
higher
compared
Conclusion
demonstrates
feasibility,
although
variable
neuronal
detection
task,
using
novel
technology.
Developmental Psychobiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
67(2)
Published: March 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Pubertal
development
is
theorized
to
shape
the
brain's
response
socio‐emotional
information
in
environment.
Large‐scale
longitudinal
studies,
such
as
Adolescent
Brain
Cognitive
Development
(ABCD)
study,
provide
opportunity
examine
association
between
pubertal
maturation
and
within‐person
changes
neural
activation
emotional
stimuli
over
time.
Leveraging
ABCD
data
(
n
=
9648),
current
study
examines
coupling
parent‐reported
youth's
brain
faces
an
‐back
task
(during
functional
magnetic
resonance
imaging)
across
two
timepoints
(2
years
apart).
Bivariate
latent
change
score
models
were
fit
regions
of
interest
canonically
involved
face
processing
(fusiform),
emotional/motivational
salience
(amygdala,
nucleus
accumbens,
orbitofrontal
cortex
[OFC]),
social
cognition
(temporoparietal
junction
[TPJ])
determine
associations
baseline
status
response,
rate
either
variable
Results
point
both
concurrent
TPJ,
OFC)
but
not
basic
facial
(fusiform).
These
findings
highlight
a
potential
mechanism
for
during
transition
from
childhood
adolescence.
Brain and Behavior,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Purpose
Virtual
reality
(VR)
offers
immersive
environments
for
studying
psychomotor
performance,
but
the
reliability
of
dry‐electrode
electroencephalography
(EEG)
in
assessing
brain
activity
during
dynamic
VR
exergames
(VRex)
remains
unclear.
The
present
study
investigated
feasibility
and
EEG
frequency
band,
with
primary
focus
on
alpha
band
activity.
Methods
Ten
amateur
combat
sports
male
participants
(37
±
11
years)
volunteered
this
study.
recording
motion
test‐retest
(24
h)
reliability,
was
investigated.
measurements
were
obtained
pre,
post,
throughout
a
standardized
boxing
ball
VRex
session,
comprising
three
3‐min
rounds
interspersed
1‐min
rest
intervals.
data
analyzed
globally
at
each
electrode
site,
calculating
average
power
spectral
density
values.
Findings
ICCs
indicated
poor‐to‐excellent
(0.208–0.858)
across
all
within
4‐
to
30‐Hz
range.
Poor‐to‐good
(0.393–0.636)
found
task‐active
Electrode
sites
ranged
from
poor
(electrode
P3;
0.262)
excellent
P4;
0.728),
higher
compared
Conclusion
demonstrates
feasibility,
although
variable
neuronal
detection
task,
using
novel
technology.
