Sentences with phrase «players of violent video games»

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In a series of experiments, with more than 3,000 participants, the team demonstrated that video game concepts do not «prime» players to behave in certain ways and that increasing the realism of violent video games does not necessarily increase aggression in game players.

Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent.

«The Perception of Human Appearance in Video Games: Toward an Understanding of the Effects of Player Perceptions of Game Features,» published in the May 2013 issue of Mass Communication and Society, comes as lawmakers and the public are freshly debating the possible risks that violent games may pose to impressionable players.

Video games that pit players against human - looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University.

In a 2012 study, Andr Melzer of the University of Luxembourg, along with Mario Gollwitzer of Philipps University Marburg in Germany, found that inexperienced players felt a need to «cleanse» themselves after playing a violent video game (the so - called Macbeth effect: «Out, damned spot!»).

«In a series of experiments, with more than 3,000 participants, the team demonstrated that video game concepts do not «prime» players to behave in certain ways and that increasing the realism of violent video games does not necessarily increase aggression in game players.»

Video games are violent and make the players of them violent.