Brain sees violent video games as real life -study

Reuters ^ | Wire

[Callahan]

GTA ping!

[dead]

Yeah, retarded brains.

[Fierce Allegiance]

So I wonder how it seesthe queer cartoons like teletubbies. I think I would rather my kids play GTA than watch teletubbies. That's some scary crap!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What part of the word "escapism" escapes these people?

[Callahan]

Alien brains too.

[antaresequity]

So whats the point? Are they trying to find results that fit their preconceived opinions?

[Frank_Discussion]

Starting to sound like D&D villification in rebirth...

[My2Cents]

I know of two 20-somethings who have so far spent their summer break playing "Warcraft" -- literally hours a day, and deep into the night. Their parents are concerned they're wasting time (duh!), but my comment has been, "Well, at least they have a life (/sarcarsm)."

[NJ_gent]

"It suggests that video games are a "training for the brain to react with this pattern," Mathiak says."

The fact that peoples' brains react a certain way suggests that their brains are being trained to react that way... Ooookk....

[Jaysun]

This could actually be an advantage when you consider the fact that our enemies are brightly colored cartoon creatures whom we defeat by jumping on their heads at exactly the right moment.

[Xenophobic Alien]

Excatley what fun would it be to play a game like Doom3 if it didn't make you react as if it were real? This is the dumbest article I've read today..

DUH!

[hollywood]

What's "GTA"?

[theFIRMbss]

>Yeah, retarded brains

Nope. Regular brains.
Distinctions of fake and real
are post exposure,

and only happen
at "higher" levels of thought.
The brain just sees stuff.

[Callahan]

I'm at the part in GTA: San Andreas where you have to battle the Ballas and Esses for gang territory. After my wife leaves for work, I spend ten minutes doing drive-bys. Gets me in the right frame of mind for the office.

[strategofr]

"The pattern was the same as that seen in subjects who have had brain scans during other simulated violent situations."

So that means it's like real violence? Huh?

[thoughtomator]

Speak of the debil!

[theFIRMbss]

>What's "GTA"?

[BibChr]

Mm.

Wish I could see this reported on by a credible news source.

Dan

[cdga5for4]

This is going to be a big topic in the coming months. Jack Thompson has a book coming out about this topic called Out of Harm's Way, and there is also a documentary that is supposed to be a huge deal called Moral Kombat.

[RadioAstronomer]

I have been having a ball with GT4. :-)