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 - Kuhn S, Kugler D, Schmalen K, Weichenberger M, Witt C, Gallinat J.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: It is a common concern in the research field and the community that habitual violent video gaming reduces empathy for pain in its players. However, previous fMRI studies have only compared habitual game players against control participants...

Source: SafetyLit - February 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news