Post by leunas on Nov 28, 2006 19:04:00 GMT -5
A study released today by an Indiana University radiology professor shows that the effects of violent video games linger in the brain after being played, increasing emotional arousal and lowering self-control. Two groups of teens were studied, with one playing Medal of Honor: Frontline and the other playing Need for Speed: Underground.
Those who played the violent video game showed more activation in the amygdala, which is involved in emotional arousal, and less activation in the prefrontal portions of the brain associated with control, focus and concentration than the teens who played the nonviolent game.
So the teens playing the emotionally rousing combat game were emotionally aroused, and the teens playing the precision racing game were more focused? Amazing. I'm no scientist, but this study seems like it was set up specifically with the goal of finding something wrong with violent games in mind. Everything you do has lingering effects on your brain. At its core, all the study proves is that we react to different things in different ways.
www.kotaku.com/gaming/game-violence/game-violence-sticks-with-you-217699.php