{"pk":24584,"title":"Best brain conditions for winning an esports competition: Electroencephalography amplitude in the frontal and parietal cortices associated with esports competition results","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Success in competitive matches hinges on psychological and mental preparations, such as strategic decision and emotional control. Although relevant cognitive functions and corresponding neural activity have been reported in a simple short-term laboratory task, the contribution of neural activity to the outcome of a more complex and prolonged match-format task has not been examined. Therefore, we focused on esports players engaged in a fighting video game (FVG). We examined the association between electroencephalography results in the pre-round of FVGs and consequences of the rounds. The results showed that parietal beta and frontal alpha/gamma activities are associated with winning and losing, respectively, depending on the match's situation. Furthermore, parietal beta activity exhibited approximately 80% accuracy in win-loss predictions using machine learning. Our findings suggest that the performance of skilled video game players is influenced by psychological and mental preparations with fluctuations in neural oscillations.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Neuroscience; Psychology; Emotion; Machine learning; Electroencephalography (EEG)"}],"section":"Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qs6k4vn","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sorato","middle_name":"","last_name":"Minami","name_suffix":"","institution":"Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories","department":""},{"first_name":"Ken","middle_name":"","last_name":"Watanabe","name_suffix":"","institution":"WASEDA University","department":""},{"first_name":"Naoki","middle_name":"","last_name":"Saijo","name_suffix":"","institution":"NTT Communication Science Laboratories","department":""},{"first_name":"Makio","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kashino","name_suffix":"","institution":"NTT Communication Science Laboratories","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/24584/galley/20958/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/24584/galley/14181/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/24584/galley/20958/download/"}]}