Violent video games not so bad when players cooperate

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 16:00 in Psychology & Sociology

(Phys.org)—New research suggests that violent video games may not make players more aggressive – if they play cooperatively with other people. In two studies, researchers found that college students who teamed up to play violent video games later showed more cooperative behavior, and sometimes less signs of aggression, than students who played the games competitively.

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