Does violence on TV or in films cause or strongly influence violence in real life. Well, here's a smoking gun of research if not the in flagrante: "“Our findings demonstrate for the first time that watching media depictions of violence does influence processing in parts of the brain that control behaviors like aggression. This is an important finding, and further research should examine very closely how these changes affect real-life behavior.”"
This Is Your Brain On Violent Media:
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
11 December 2007
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