Study Finds Violent Video Games Reduce Brain Response To Violence And Increase Aggressive Behavior
Scientists have known for years that playing violent video games causes players to become more aggressive. The findings of a new University of Missouri (MU) study provide one explanation for why this occurs: the brains of violent video game players become less responsive to violence, and this diminished brain response predicts an increase in aggression. “Many researchers have believed that …
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What The (Game) Papers Say – May 2011, Pt. 2
[Gamasutra contributor and video game magazine critic Kevin Gifford takes a look at what's going on in the print magazines this month -- the pre-E3 period he calls "the most awkward time of the year".] Welcome to Mag Roundup for what’s always the most awkward time of the year for print magazines — that period in spring just before and right after E3. Game mags always have the disadvantage when …
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