Gaming Violence in games stimulates brain for aggression

[The Helper]

Violent video games appear to put the human brain in a mood to fight, according to a new study from Michigan State University.

In the study, 13 males played the first-person shooter game "Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror" while in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system, which measures brain activity. The brain scans of 11 of the subjects exhibited "large observed effects" characteristic of aggressive thoughts. The researchers said the pattern of brain activity can be considered to be caused by virtual violence.

"There is a causal link between playing the first-person shooting game in our experiment and brain-activity pattern that are considered as characteristic for aggressive cognitions and effects," said Rene Weber, assistant professor of communication and telecommunication at MSU. "There is a neurological link, and there is a short-term causal relationship. Violent video games frequently have been criticized for enhancing aggressive reactions such as aggressive cognitions, aggressive effects or aggressive behavior. On a neurobiological level we have shown the link exists."

fMRI monitors the brain and examines how it is stimulated by different types of physical sensation or activity. Sight, sound, touch and other physical sensations show up on an fMRI image. Increased blood flow to a section of the brain indicates increased activity.

 

[Darg]

I guess that is a fair enough assessment of what is happening to the brain, it is logical to say that anyone would have to think more aggressively in order to perform better in a first person shooter game. Nobody plays first person shooters and thinks about cute bunnies and fairies.

The next topic for study is: do the changes in the brain make the individual act out their increased aggression in the real world? Does the brain understand that the aggression only applies to the "virtual world" and shouldn't be translated outside of it?

 

[AceHart]

> The next topic for study is: ...

The above, uhm, "article" clearly states: "Games make aggresive!".
That's it.
That's all they wanted to "prove".
So they did.
No more studies needed.

The sad thing is that those "studies" actually cost money...

Fortunately, I don't live in the freest possible part of the world

 

[Sud]

Pursuing a career in the military may also result in increased aggression!

Where's my $50,000 grant?

 

[MasterOfABCs]

I hate this idea of violence in video games makes people violent. so much that i have argument thye cant beat. No.

 

[Vexorian]

Damn, I guess I was wrong, I always thought that playing a violent game made people think about love and peace among the earthlings.

I can't believe they actually spent time in this. They could be searching for live in other planets but instead they Discovered that Violence in games makes people think about violence.

 

[XXXconanXXX]

If I'm killing people and blowing things up, I'm going to think about blowing things up and killing things. No s***.

I can play the Incredible Hulk, grab someone and chgunk them a mile away, grab a car and chunk it at a water tower, grab a van and smash it into a sheild, and not act violent.

Don't blame mentally stable people for the actions of others.