VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND DESENSITISATION: NEW RESEARCH REVIEW

VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND DESENSITISATION: NEW RESEARCH REVIEW

A new article by longtime US researcher, Jeanne Funk Brockmyer, finds that engaging in violent video games (VVG) desensitises the player, and blocks empathic responding, moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour. This in turn may increase aggression. The article adds to...

Massacres, media coverage and mending the hurt

editorial Massacres, media coverage and mending the hurtBARBARA BIGGINS OAMCMA HON CEOIn the wake of yet another mass shooting in the US, the questions about why and what must be done to stop them always arise.Many psychologists and psychiatrists point to the role of...