|
Active violence; Researchers are also beginning to zero in on some of the reasons why the playing of violent video games may be so detrimental. ... One of the arguments made by those who defend the video game industry — even the more violent games — is that violent video games don’t cause kids to become more hostile,
|
www.afajournal.org/2004/july/704video.asp
www.afajournal.org/2004/july/704video.asp
|
|
|
|
Playing violent video games changes brain function and desensitizes chronic players to violence, a new study shows. ... What the researchers found was that participants who routinely played violent video games responded less to violent images, as measured by a diminished amplitude of their P300 brainwaves. But this was not...
|
www.physorg.com/news8756.html
|
|
|
Over 85 percent of video games include violence. ... It's always the lot of the parental generation to find something their kids are doing and blame that for their problems. Before games it was comic books and rock and roll.
|
scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/04/violent_video_g...
scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/04/violent_video_games_and_desens.php
|
|
If the viewer develops the attitude that violence is normative, they may become desensitized and callous to violence in real life (Bushman & Huesmann, 2001). ... Relationships between a preference for violent video games, attitudes towards violence, and empathy were examined in research with 52 sixth graders (Funk, Buchman,
|
www.lionlamb.org/research_articles/study%202.pdf
|
|
Know what desensitizes kids to violence? Not video games - real life. Welcome to the real world father and son. (I can remember pleading with my grandfather to kill his largest (meanest) rooster, but to no avail...) ;
|
www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9rrce/you_know_wha...
www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9rrce/you_know_what_desensitizes_kids_to_violence_not/
|
|
Thus, it isn't surprising that people worry about video games. More than 85 percent of video games contain some violence, and approximately half of video games include serious violent actions. And, ... They also hope to investigate who is most likely to become desensitized as a result of exposure to violent video games.
|
news.softpedia.com/news/The-Effects-of-Video-Game-Viole...
news.softpedia.com/news/The-Effects-of-Video-Game-Violence-on-Physiological-Desensitization-to-Real-Life-Violence-31273.shtml
|
|
Watch this video from the Dr. Phil show that premieres on September 10th. ... Rated. Too bad video games and RL violence have desensitized kids so much. Also unfortunate there aren't many (any?) networks this side of the pond with the balls to run a PSA like this.
|
open.salon.com/blog/marytkelly/2009/08/26/oh_my_gawd_te...
open.salon.com/blog/marytkelly/2009/08/26/oh_my_gawd_teen_texting_kills
|
|
Also, he says, kids can become desensitized to violence. "When you're exposed to ... About 90 percent of U.S. kids ages 8 to 16 play video games, and they spend about 13 hours a week doing so (more if you're a boy). Now a new study suggests virtual violence in these games may make kids more aggressive in real life.
|
www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/03/healthmag.violent....
www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/03/healthmag.violent.video.kids/index.html
|
|
I thought a recent study showed a definitive link between the reduction of unwanted births (read: Affirmative Action) in the 70s and 80s and violence today. Now it could be that video games also kept kids distracted and at home, but just mentioning there may be other large-scale social factors at work.
|
www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000633051606/
|
|
