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Research: Violent games cause ignorance to suffering
"A just-released research report claims that playing violent video games makes players “comfortably numb” to the pain and suffering of others. The study, conducted by University of Michigan professor Brad Bushman and Iowa State University professor Craig Anderson, appears in the March 2009 issue of Psychological Science. Both Bushman and Anderson have previously published research with negative findings about violent games. A press release describes the research methodology employed in the new report: 320 college students played either a violent or a nonviolent video game for approximately 20 minutes. A few minutes later, they overheard a staged fight that ended with the “victim” sustaining a sprained ankle and groaning in pain.
People who had played a violent game took significantly longer to help the victim than those who played a nonviolent game—73 seconds compared to 16 seconds. People who had played a violent game were also less likely to notice and report the fight. And if they did report it, they judged it to be less serious than did those who had played a nonviolent game. In the second study, the participants were 162 adult moviegoers. The researchers staged a minor emergency outside the theater... The researchers timed how long it took moviegoers to [help]... Participants who had just watched a violent movie took over 26 percent longer to help than either people going into the theater or people who had just watched a nonviolent movie."
- could just as likely be showing that NON-violent video games cause increased awareness of suffering.killthefish
- stupid fucking biased researchers. Where's my BFG?killthefish
- that's unlikely.juhls
- I think it depends on age and life experience as well.juhls
- Unlikely, because there is a shitload of suffering that can be seen on TV and in the movies. You can get your fix elsewhere.juhls
- ********0
I hate everything today
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Tom, Here's a picture of Rand with his daughter taken yesterday. It impolite to ask about someone's age so hopefully you can make a best guess from this...
- neue75_bold0
thankfully willa has her mothers features..
- Some.juhls
- I sound like a stalker.juhls
- did you just google her too?neue75_bold
- tip for parents —
Never use real names..neue75_bold - google only turns up good results for her, right?********
- snuggles, no, Rand posted a picture or two before. I bet you anything, if you Google "Willa", the singer Willa Ford comes up.juhls
- Embarrassingly, I used to like her music.juhls
- a really cure photo of her in association with the PW coverage of Fringe...neue75_bold
- cure = cuteneue75_bold
- typist0
how come 60's and 70's playboy magazine is so well designed? the page layout and display typeface treatment is fucking amazing...computer sucks dick
- your puter can suck yur dick?
you must never leave your house....e-pill - yea, laptop suck my tits and desktop suck balls and dicktypist
- i hardly leave my desk actuallytypist
- id buy that for a dollare-pill
- I wonder if people at the time had the same disgust as people do for today's stuff.Jnr_Madison
- they did.juhls
- your puter can suck yur dick?
- Nairn0
- i insert a google.Nairn
- Why does the term 'trapdoor' come to mind?Jnr_Madison
- Ah, I googled it.Jnr_Madison
- Jnr_Madison0
Rand's daughter couldn't take one more 'get your fucking shinebox' comment from Dad.
- Fariska0
Operation cannelloni
phase 1 complete: Ragu done, Spinaches boiled
- Jnr_Madison0
I reported that group email as 'spam' to google.
- Nairn0
bill callahan aka smog once again out did himself. i think rain on lens is amazing; it is stronger lyrically and musically than dongs of sevotion which was no slouch by any means.
- Hi wife isn't bad either.********
- assuming they're married, which they probably aren't********
- joanna newsom that is.********
- I do not like Newsom's music.juhls
- Hi wife isn't bad either.
- neue75_bold0
I'm done for the weekend, heading home now to watch Weeds and enjoy some quality time with the misses and then heading out to somewhere in the countryside tomorrow to drink champagne all day with 'friends'...
have a good fucking weekend...
mikeyOUT
- godspeedFariska
- foam?********
- ...weekend, great, have one.Jnr_Madison
- embroidered on caps even.NotByHand
- have a good one. I'll call her and tell her to always pick up her shit off the floor....just as a heads up...juhls
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all head to recent work topic
- There is no one here at all, it seems.Jnr_Madison
- just you, me, orbit and juhls.********
- sexy time********
- MrOneHundred0
The risotto was a success, but I was not entirely happy with it. Our guests states until 11:30. I was hoping they'd be gone by 10, but my wife has a few drinks and keeps them rivetted to their seats with talk about local celebrities she works with.
- hehjuhls
- Nothing worse than when guests keep stating.NotByHand
- Stayed. iPhone, ffs.MrOneHundred
- Jnr_Madison0
3 whole pages, man, fucking 3...
- I don't know if I can handle the pressure...Jnr_Madison
- I wanted to something with a picture of each contributor but everyone would get a pic to me on time.Jnr_Madison
- Link?NotByHand
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Just saw Hostage with bruce willis, nice movie for a saturday evening.
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Yoo-hoo Ducky!!!
- ducky?********
- To Jnr not you Digz. He thinks everything I write sounds gay.********
- ducky?
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Oooh, bugger me, I like a nice soppy musical I do. In fact, anything with a nice big end can bring tears to my eyes.
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I wonder where Concrete, creative- and all the guys are these days
- They all hang out on a design forum I think.********
- concrete was here friday, posting in FMT...neue75_bold
- They all hang out on a design forum I think.
