Violent games emotionally desensitizing

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 14:30 in Psychology & Sociology

After excessively violent events, shoot 'em up games regularly come under scrutiny. In Norway, several first-person shooter games disappeared from the market for a while after the killings. Does intense fighting on a flat screen display also result in aggressive behavior in real life? Researchers have found brain activity patterns in heavy gamers that differed from those of non-gamers.

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