PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS THAT DEFINE THE HEALTH-ENHANCING POTENTIAL OF ESPORTS

Abstract

Aim. The paper aims to identify the psychophysiological aspects that define the health-enhancing potential of esports. Materials and methods. The study involved 15 widely used esports technologies, the Buss – Durkee hostility inventory, standardization of esports performance, and correlation, approximation, and semantic analysis. Results. The following psychophysiological aspects define the health-enhancing potential of esports: 1) nonlinear (parabolic) dependence of esports performance on negativism. The higher the level of superficial (neocortical) aggressiveness within the normal range of 3 to 14 points, the better the eSports performance. Negativism of more than 14 points is unfavorable for performance;
2) direct correlation between indirect aggression and esports performance. Conclusion. The health-enhancing potential of a number of computer games may consist in their activation properties, which are formed at relatively safe neocortical levels of the cerebral vertical with partial involvement of the super­ficial subcortex and normally do not affect the deep diencephalic structures. The prospect of high efficiency of biomanagement and biofeedback- /EEG-based training combined with esports is discussed.