Ten year study: No link between violent video games and aggressive behavior

Re:Ten year study: No link between violent video games and a... by chiefalchemist on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:50AM (#25592163)

> Except that's exactly what is up for discussion, and so far there is no evidence that this is the case.

So the brain and mind work a certain way...except for video games and violent?

Did you read the Abstract on this "study"? FSS you can drive the planet Jupiter through the holes.

If we're going to discuss evidence, there's no evidence anyone reasonable would read that abstract and put their credibility behind it. HN is such a funny place sometimes. But I trust you can read the article or abstract and see the question marks. But if not, LMK and I'll break it down.

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/suppl/10.1089/cyber.2020.0049

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Re:Ten year study: No link between violent video games and a... by tomnipotent on Thursday December 31, 2020 @10:10PM (#25600469)

I mean, it clearly ends with:

"Therefore, it is determined that adolescents who played a high-level of violent video games at an early age did not show more aggressive behavior later in life than those who played fewer to no hours of violent video games at an early age."

The idea that consumption of violent media changes pathways in such a way that the expression of violent behavior is more common, is null and void. There's zilch, nada, zero evidence to support this including decades of prior research on film and television influence.

Maybe the pathways being trained have less to do with aggression and violence, and more to do with hand-eye coordination and other motor reflexes involved in the process.

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