videogame madness

This study was conducted on teens that played videogames. The study used fMRI to show that violent games lead to more emotional arousal in children and decreased concentration where as playing a non violent game, increased concentration. Also, playing a violent videogame increased the flight or fight response (sympathetic division of autonomic system), and the benefits of long term sympathetic control have always been doubtful.
There is also a very interesting video which shows the fMRI. It also explains why it is hard for children to give up playing videogames from a radiological/neurological point of view.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/28/video.games.brain.reut/index.html


Tanisha Sharma