Don't you just love when scientists try to backup people like Jack Thompson by showing how videogames can affect people, and all they really do is prove human nature that has nothing to do with games as a "long term" problem? I mean, a FPS game, in which I try to kill or be killed, elicits a "fight or flight response"? Get out of town! No way!
Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control, a study released on Tuesday found.
The study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to record tiny metabolic changes in brain activity in 44 adolescents who were asked to perform a series of tasks after playing either a violent or nonviolent video game for 30 minutes.
The children, with no history of behavior problems, ranged in age from 13 to 17. Half played a T-rated first-person shooter game called "Medal of Honor: Frontline," involving military combat, while the other group played a nonviolent game called "Need for Speed: Underground."
Those who played the violent video game showed more activation in the amygdala, which is involved in emotional arousal, and less activation in the prefrontal portions of the brain associated with control, focus and concentration than the teens who played the nonviolent game.
I really dont have any idea
I really dont have any idea where they are trying to go with this study. So playing video games may cause increased aggression? So what. Im more aggressive when I play sports, watch television, I even felt more aggressive while reading that article.
Theres no point in trying to bring some evidence forward to suggest video games cause violent behaviour. The millions of people who play games without going on a psychotic rampage are evidence enough that sane people can handle playing video games with violent content.