Game Violence Article With Completely Misleading Headline

KETV7 in Omaha has an article on their website that looks at recent violent video game research and its affect on teens. The researchers noticed increased brain activity and less reaction to violent TV images among those who played violent games. The article is surprisingly balanced, with a full look at both sides of the issue. Unfortunately, the headline writing editor got carried away and titled the piece "Video Games Normalize Killing, Doctors Say," which they didn't really say.

Research suggests that violent video games can make children feel different. A brain scan of a teenager who has just played what was deemed a nonviolent video game was compared to the scan of a teen who had just spent 30 minutes playing a violent game. Indiana School of Medicine researchers said highlighted areas in the brains showed increased activity in the areas involved in emotional arousal.

"Exposure to violent video games, even E rated video games, increases aggressive thoughts, increases pro-social behavior and increases general arousal," said Dr. Greg Snyder, a psychologist at Omaha's Children's Hospital.

Read about it here.

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I find the research to be flawed, since there's so much more going on in a kid's life and they never seem to look at that.