Violence in games stimulates brain for aggression!

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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 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 René 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.

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My little cousin is a victim, he always pretend to fight enemies, this is by far true for childs. But for adults, I did not see any real-life case, I play Doom and Tactical oops, and i don't feel like killing someone :D

What's wrong with killing people? I...I...I don't understand...

I think mostly, violence in games stimulates excuses for parents / people who don't want to be responsible for their own actions.

All I think it showed was that a part of the brain got activated that's related to reflexes and for coming up with all kinds of strategies. You might want to do the same braintest with someone who'se trying to win a game of chess. :)

Besides, kids have always played violent games. Especially games like 'cowboys and indians' seems pretty popular where kids with fake guns are battling kids with bows and rubber arrows. Even if they spay sports there's some violence in it. Soccer, for example, can be pretty violent with players tackling their opponents when the referee is looking in the other direction. Or what about those fight-sports for kids? Do you realise that a kid of 5 following karate lessons is actually learning how to bring down an opponent? That he will know several ways to disable or even kill an opponent within a year of karate lessons?

But I think it's just the responsibility of the parent to provide their kids the proper toys. So a parent buying GTA-3 for their preteen kids might not be doing something smart. But neither is letting them watch Tom and Jerry, where a mouse and a cat are extremely violent towards each other, baching each others heads all the time.

But hey, violent games are an easy target to blame for the violent youth. Forget about education, just blame the gaming industry...

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Originally posted here by Katja
But hey, violent games are an easy target to blame for the violent youth. Forget about education, just blame the gaming industry...

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Yeah...and maybe Schmidt can hold game programmers *personally* responsible for any damage that's done. ;)

Violence and youth != to computer games.

They are far to busy beating the crap out of each other and hanging around in gangs to play games on a PC

I was brought up on violent movies (Robocop all the Arnie, Van Dam etc movies in the 80s) and games (as far as that goes on a speccy and Amiga 500).

I haven't killed anyone yet. :3pow:
A few serious woundings and an unhealthy interest in things that go bang maybe but no deaths.

According to the Register the Gaming industry is using the First Amendment as an argument for why these violent games should be allowed, calling the latest Californian law (AB 1179) regarding sales of violent games a violation of their rights of Free Speech.

Yeah, right... That First Amendment tends to be a bit overused. But hey... They might be succesful.

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Instead of passing laws that are destined to be overturned by the courts, the state of California should be encouraging parents to use the existing video game ratings and content descriptors to make informed choices about whether to bring a particular video game into their home.

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And I agree with that!

Oh come on. The only ppl it would have any help in that would be really really young children.Like say 5-7 yr olds. The only way it would do that to adults is if they already had major anger issues to begin with.

I have seen some convincing arguments arguing that video games, more than television or movies, have had an effect on violence.

At the end of WWI, during exit interviews with soldiers, the allies found that they were not properly training their soldiers to kill. They would, of course, fight intuitively until the moment of the kill. But when that moment came, thay found that the human consience took over, preventing their soldiers from killing when it mattered most.

SO they designed a training regimen with pop-up targets and simulated war scenarios, designed to instill in soldiers the autonomic response they wanted - if it moves, kill it. Very basic Pavlonian training. The result was that in WWII soldiers were more effective, close quarters combat was deadlier, and post-traumatic stress disorder (although it may not yet have been identified as suck).

The most convincing arguments I have seen against violent video games draw a parallel between this kind of military training and modern video games, arguing that violent video games are far worse than violent television. I haven't yet seen a study on this specific theory, but it certainly looks plausible to me.

Personally, I grew up on Tom and Jerry, Wile E. Coyote, the Smurfs, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, you name it. All violent. I never equated them to reality, because they are too surreal. I tmight well be different with video games designed to reflect reality, rather than parody it.

I have always heard video games dont kill people, people kill people. and i believe it.

Video games stimulating violence? I played cowboys and indians and didn't know what a "bleep" was. I say GOOD. This country needs a little testosterone.

I found this link, this might be related and useful ..

http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?Stor...2-045734-4004r

Computer games should not be blamed for violence in my opinion. I think this is yet another cop out for those that do commit crimes. Just like when parents sued Eminem because his lyrics 'caused' listeners to commit crimes. Or like those kids that went and layed in the street after watching a movie. All it boils down to is this: people blame other people for whatever they can. That's why it's called the blame game :D What they should be doing is accepting responsibility for their own actions. Again, just my opinion. They'll figure it out, or not.

I blame PacMan for the downfall of society :D Long live pinball!!!! :D

TV promotes violence and rudeness.
Video games promote violence.
Porno promotes rape.

Then it follows that a murder mystery (in book form.....I hope some of you still have time to read) would promote murder or worse a detective.

What ever happened to the concept of being responsible for your own actions? Damn, a person could blame anything on something else, but it still comes back to the individual in the end.

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What ever happened to the concept of being responsible for your own actions?

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You are joking?? ;)

We never reach the age were that could be possible and when we do, parkinsons, what ever, has taken hold. So when we reach maturity, we are unable.............................................................................................................................I hada some stuff to say, it's gone now.

Where is that frigging zimmer frame.................Hay babe want to come up to my room> sod of you dirty old man.

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Originally posted here by moxnix
TV promotes violence and rudeness.
Video games promote violence.
Porno promotes rape.

Then it follows that a murder mystery (in book form.....I hope some of you still have time to read) would promote murder or worse a detective.

What ever happened to the concept of being responsible for your own actions? Damn, a person could blame anything on something else, but it still comes back to the individual in the end.

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Nope, every one is responsible for his/her own action, and many have been pleaded guilty as long as they were not maniacs or mentally ill, but this kind of games, can stimulate only people who are having some kind of irrational thinking {improper cognition}, like some mentally ill people {We can't deny their existance} like, who get stimulated but child-pornography ... this is reality, and bunch of stories out there refute otherwise ....

Media can play a key role in directing and creating human behaviours,
For instance, many car drivers {novices} imitate the way they drive on their PlayStation consols, many accidents were the only result .... in my city many happened as well .... I know this is irrational but not all people may think the way you and I do .... not all people have the same thinking pattern, not all people are rational .... many patterns may behave differently ...

Cheers

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Media can play a key role in directing and creating human behaviours,

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Now that is, so, true.

Black, your car analogie is very acurate. I spent some time in Brunei. The youngsters used to right there selves of at an astonishing rate.

They used to try and emulate the western, go faster car, phylosophy.

Lower the suspention, tweek the gas flow, bigg wheels== cool fast car...............


Change the geometry of a production car, you realy nead to know what the fcuk you are doing.

Otherwise you end up with something very unstable.

I'm talking about cars, because one month ago a youngster destroyed our garden wall with his father's brand-new car, the car was totally demolished, and they guy is in the hospital till now, he was very close to his last breath. Man, this damn car was close to kill my little sister, I would have killed all his family, just to take revenge of what could be done to my sister. .....
Note: He stole the car from his father ... so you know ...

Cheers ... ;)

Video games don't make kids violent and I'll kill anyone who says differently. ;) :D

Seriously, though, I don't believe violent video games have had any significant impact on my aggression. I've played FPS's and the like since age 11ith (I'm now 18) and have yet to ever be in a fight. (I have had to walk away twice, though, because I knew I was too mad to stay where I was.) Several of my friends who aren't gamers who have gotten into several fights in their youth.

I think the environment a kid is raised in, the kid's moral values, and the kid's self control make a far more significant impact on a kid than some pixels on a screen.

- Xierox