| Aura7541 said: You should consider finding more recent studies. The one you provided me is 15 years ago. I won't be surprised if there is a peer reviewed critique of that study. It's very important to consider more recent studies since now we have a better grasp of this topic, we have refined the experimental methods. So please look up the two studies I mentioned above. Edit: Don't mention it |
It is true that the studies claiming a causal link to long term real-life violence tend to be older.
However studies saying otherwise are scarce, too. Which is understandable, it is hard to study this, because so many people play videogames. The burden of proof is of course on those who claim the link, but the effects regarding short-term aggression and violent attitudes are more easily identifiable and according to some psychological models, it should translate to long-term violence, too. Concrete evidence remains to be seen, however.
