The Myth of Blunted Gamers: No Evidence for Desensitization in Empathy for Pain after a Violent Video Game Intervention in a Longitudinal fMRI Study on Non-Gamers.
CONCLUSIONS: The present results provide strong evidence against the frequently proclaimed negative effects of playing violent video games and will therefore help to communicate a more realistic scientific perspective of the effects of violent video gaming in real life.
PMID: 29421781 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neuro-Signals - Category: Neurology Authors: Kühn S, Kugler D, Schmalen K, Weichenberger M, Witt C, Gallinat J Tags: Neurosignals Source Type: research
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