First-person shooting (FPS) games are among the most famous video games worldwide. However, cortical activities in environments related to real FPS games have not been studied. This study aimed to determine differences in cortical activity between low- and high-skilled FPS game players using 160-channel electroencephalography. Nine high-skilled FPS game players (official ranks: above the top 10%) and eight low-skilled FPS game players (official ranks: lower than the top 20%) were recruited for the experiment. The task was set for five different conditions using the AimLab program, which was used for the FPS game players’ training. Additionally, we recorded the brain activity in the resting condition before and after the task, in which the participants closed their eyes and relaxed. The reaction time and accuracy (the number of hit-and-miss targets) were calculated to evaluate the task performance. The results showed that high-skilled FPS game players have fast reaction times and high accuracy during tasks. High-skilled FPS game players had higher cortical activity in the frontal cortex than low-skilled FPS game players during each task. In low-skilled players, cortical activity level and performance level were associated. These results suggest that high cortical activity levels were critical to achieving high performance in FPS games.

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高技能的第一人称射击游戏玩家具有特定的额叶活动：脑电图研究中的功率谱分析

第一人称射击 (FPS) 游戏是全球最著名的视频游戏之一。然而，与真实 FPS 游戏相关的环境中的皮质活动尚未得到研究。本研究旨在使用 160 通道脑电图确定低技能和高技能 FPS 游戏玩家之间的皮质活动差异。实验招募了 9 名高技能 FPS 游戏玩家（官方排名：前 10% 以上）和 8 名低技能 FPS 游戏玩家（官方排名：前 20% 以下）。该任务使用 AimLab 程序设置了五种不同的条件，用于 FPS 游戏玩家的训练。此外，我们还记录了任务前后休息状态下的大脑活动，其中参与者闭上眼睛并放松。计算反应时间和准确性（命中和未命中目标的数量）来评估任务绩效。结果表明，高技能的 FPS 游戏玩家在执行任务时反应速度快、准确度高。在每项任务中，高技能 FPS 游戏玩家的额叶皮质活动高于低技能 FPS 游戏玩家。在低技能玩家中，皮质活动水平和表现水平相关。这些结果表明，高皮质活动水平对于在 FPS 游戏中实现高性能至关重要。