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Title: Video Games & Empathy
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 09, 2017, 02:57:59 PM
press release
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170308081057.htm


full article
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00174/full#

Summary
QuoteThe link between playing violent video games and antisocial behavior, such as increased aggression and decreased empathy, is hotly debated. In a recent study the long-term effects of playing violent video games were investigated. This study found that empathy is not blunted by playing such games long-term.