Benefits and harm of violent video games

Extracted 04AUG2013 from http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/355808#ixzz2b29KcXfP Craig Anderson, Director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University speculated in a press release any type of action video game that requires a rapid response could have the same effect...

In three new unpublished studies scheduled for presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual meeting in Honolulu, Anderson and his colleagues found violent video games boost cognition, but they also lead to loss of cognitive control and boost anger aggression and hostility.

The studies are the first to link both the benefits and harm of playing violent video games. “What such fast-paced media fail to train is inhibiting the almost automatic first response," Anderson says...