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Old 08-December-05, 09:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Gaming 'Damages Inhibitions Against Violence'

A new academic study has been released, claiming that game players are more aggressive than non-game players.

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Originally Posted by Next Generation
The research was conducted by Bruce Bartholow (pictured), assistant professor of psychological sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

His study was based around showing images to people and measuring their reactions. He showed young men images that were violent or non-violent, and asked them to rate their feelings on the image. Game-players were more likely to be nonchalant about the violence than non-game players, suggesting that they are immune to such images.

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