Exploring the impact of violence in video games

Elife. 2024 Jan 16:13:e94949. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94949.

Abstract

Playing a violent game for a few weeks did not alter neural and behavioral responses to the pain of others in inexperienced male gamers.

Keywords: computational biology; desensitization; emotional reactivity; empathy; fmri; human; neuroscience; systems biology; violent video games.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Video Games*
  • Violence*