"Media violence produces short-term increases [of aggression and violence] by priming existing
aggressive scripts and cognition, increasing physiological
arousal, and triggering an automatic tendency to imitate observed
behaviors. Media violence produces long-term effects
via several types of learning processes leading to the acquisition
of lasting (and automatically accessible) aggressive
scripts, interpretable schemes, and aggression-supporting
beliefs about social behavior, and by reducing individuals’
normal negative emotional responses to violence (i.e., desensitization)."
- Source
its obvious that violence- in video games especially- is influencing the young minds that are playing these games on a daily basis. but why are video games any worse than a gory horror movie?
"You are not only being exposed to situations... the way you are with T.V or movies, but you're an active player in them. And you make decisions that... [create] a virtual reality."
- Michael Rich, MD, MPH
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