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Re:Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, maki... by notsony on Saturday May 09, 2015 @06:23PM (#9517917)
Meanwhile the opposite from another psychologist:

>Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will increase aggressive behavior. A meta-analytic review of the video-game research literature reveals that violent video games increase aggressive behavior in children and young adults. Experimental and nonexperimental studies with males and females in laboratory and field settings support this conclusion. Analyses also reveal that exposure to violent video games increases physiological arousal and aggression-related thoughts and feelings. Playing violent video games also decreases prosocial behavior.

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/12/5/353.abstract

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Re:Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, maki... by A_COMPUTER on Saturday May 09, 2015 @07:38PM (#9518086)
Even exposure to a even just a picture of a gun may cause an increase in aggression:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_effect

I have wondered, assuming the effect is real, if the "problem" of media causing violence is even socially solvable if we are psychologically this sensitive.

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