Negative Effects Of Gaming

Question 1

Anderson and Dill (2)

Answer 1

227 psychology undergrads completed questionnaires on trait aggression and their 5 fav video games (how often and how violent).
Scores for exposure to video game violence correlated positively with scores for trait aggression

Question 2

Weber et al

Answer 2

Make participants in fMRI scanner and played violent video games. The part of the brain used to generate empathy was less active when playing the game.
Playing violent video games leads to desensitisation

Question 3

Walker

Answer 3

Survey of 813 university students. The higher the time playing video games, the lower the quality of relationships with parents and peers.

However video games ▶️ bad relationships, or bad relationships ▶️video games?

Question 4

Anderson and Dill (1)

Answer 4

Lab experiment
210 psychology students played violent/thinking game. After played one where they had to blast an opponent with white noise. Those who played violent game gave longer blasts of white noise