Sentences with phrase «violent video games increases»

Several recent studies offer evidence that playing violent video games increases aggressive behavior.

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Studies, meanwhile, have shown violent games can increase aggression, but have found no causal link between violent action and video game use.

Some speculate President Trump sees it as a chance to slam video game executives for increasing violent tendencies in young people.

A study done by several universities, The Influence of Media Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts.»

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.

The study, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, also found children with bedroom media watched programs and played video games that were more violent, which increased levels of physical aggression.

But the study also notes there was no significant increase in levels of physical aggression after fighting human - looking video game characters, something that suggests social prohibitions against violent acts remain strong.

Although many studies have shown how violent video games can increase aggression, this research — done with Italian high school students — shows that games depicting the objectification of women create additional issues, Bushman said.

This reduction in what is called «proactive executive control» appears to be yet another way that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior.

• playing a violent rather than a benign video game makes children more accepting of using drugs or alcohol, and having sex without a condom, because, the researchers suggest, it increases general disregard for the safety of yourself and others

Teenagers who play violent video games may display increased activity in areas of the brain associated with emotional arousal, according to research from the Indiana University School of Medicine, located in Indianapolis.

When we pair that trend with the increasing time that young people spend watching violent TV and participating in violent video games, we should expect to have an increasing number of students start school unprepared to control themselves, take others» feelings into account, or listen to adults in authority.

In its review of close to a decade of research, the APA found that playing video games that depict violent actions served as a factor for an increase in aggression risk.

APA officials have urged the creators of such violent video games to increase the parental control levels in their titles over the amount of aggressive actions included in their games.

A review by the American Psychological Association (APA) has claimed a link exists between playing violent video games and increases in aggression and decreases in sensitivity to aggression.

The report states: «The research demonstrates a consistent relation between violent video game use and increases in aggressive behaviour, aggressive cognitions and aggressive affect, and decreases in prosocial behaviour, empathy and sensitivity to aggression.»

«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.»

In 2011, video game sales increased to over $ 27 billion dollars and violent crimes nationwide decreased 3.8 percent from 2010.

While video game sales have increased, violent crime has been steadily decreasing according to FBI statistics.

The study found that aggressive behavior increased after three days of consecutive play on a violent video game.