A Positive Side of Violent Video Game Play

Differential Neural Recruitment during Violent Video Game Play in Violent- and Nonviolent- Game Players

A controversy exists about the effects of violent video game play, with some studies showing “positive” effects on spatial attention, others showing “negative” effects on aggression, and others suggesting that there are no important effects. The present study examined neural recruitment during violent videogame play among 13 late adolescent gamers, half of whom habitually played violent games a...

Cyber-dehumanization: Violent video game play diminishes our humanity

The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Game Play

A longitudinal study of the association between violent video game play and aggression among adolescents.

In the past 2 decades, correlational and experimental studies have found a positive association between violent video game play and aggression. There is less evidence, however, to support a long-term relation between these behaviors. This study examined sustained violent video game play and adolescent aggressive behavior across the high school years and directly assessed the socialization (viol...

Video games do affect social outcomes: a meta-analytic review of the effects of violent and prosocial video game play.

Whether video game play affects social behavior is a topic of debate. Many argue that aggression and helping are affected by video game play, whereas this stance is disputed by others. The present research provides a meta-analytical test of the idea that depending on their content, video games do affect social outcomes. Data from 98 independent studies with 36,965 participants revealed that for...