Violent Video Games Induce an Affect Processing Bias

Kirsh, Steven J.; Olczak, Paul V.; Mounts, Jeffrey R. W.

doi:10.1207/s1532785xmep0703_1

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“…This reduction of the happy-face advantage in the high violent media consumption group suggests an increased negative processing bias in the recognition of emotional expressions . Thus, the results of the current study are consistent with earlier work finding relationships between exposure to violent media and aggressive biases in social information processing (Anderson & Dill, 2000;Bushman & Geen, 1990;Kirsh, 1998;Kirsh & Olczak, 2002;Kirsh et al, 2005;Lynch, Gentile, Olson, & van Brederode, 2001). For instance, Bushman (1998) found that playing violent video games resulted in faster RT when identifying strings of letters as aggressive words or nonwords in a lexical decision task.…”

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Violent Media Consumption and the Recognition of Dynamic Facial Expressions

Kirsh

Mounts²,

Olczak

2006

J Interpers Violence

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This study assessed the speed of recognition of facial emotional expressions (happy and angry) as a function of violent media consumption. Color photos of calm facial expressions morphed to either an angry or a happy facial expression. Participants were asked to make a speeded identification of the emotion (happiness or anger) during the morph. Results indicated that, independent of trait aggressiveness, participants high in violent media consumption responded slower to depictions of happiness and faster to depictions of anger than participants low in violent media consumption. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to current models of aggressive behavior.

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“…The results of Kirsh et al (2005) are intriguing and provide further evidence of biased cognitive processes associated with exposure to violent media. This processing bias made threatening information (the threat words) more salient and, therefore, more difficult from which to withdraw attentional resources.…”

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Violent Media Consumption and the Recognition of Dynamic Facial Expressions

Kirsh

Mounts²,

Olczak

2006

J Interpers Violence

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“…Those studies that investigated the moderating role of personality and gender on the effects of playing violent games showed mixed results. [9][10][11][12] Another noticeable element is the feature of interactivity distinguishing the violence in computer and videogames from violence in traditional media. Unlike the exposure to violent content in television programs and films, the same game can present different content to different players on the basis of how the players choose to play.…”

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Do Aggressive People Play Violent Computer Games in a More Aggressive Way? Individual Difference and Idiosyncratic Game-Playing Experience

Peng

Liu

Mou

2008

CyberPsychology & Behavior

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This study investigates whether individual difference influences idiosyncratic experience of game playing. In particular, we examine the relationship between the game player's physical-aggressive personality and the aggressiveness of the player's game playing in violenceoriented video games. Screen video stream of 40 individual participants' game playing was captured and content analyzed. Participants' physical aggression was measured before the game play. The results suggest that people with more physical-aggressive personality engage in a more aggressive style of playing, after controlling the differences of gender and previous gaming experience. Implications of these findings and direction for future studies are discussed. 157

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“…Previous research has shown that exposure to violent video games biases interpretations of emotional stimuli (Kirsh, Olczak, & Mounts, 2005;Kirsh & Mounts, 2007). The current study advances this literature by showing how playing a violent video game might affect neural activity associated with facial expression recognition.…”

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Relationship between Video Game Violence and Long-Term Neuropsychological Outcomes

Tamamiya¹,

Matsuda²,

Hiraki³

2014

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The current study examined the long-term effects of video game violence on aggressiveness and facial expression recognition using multiple measures. In Experiment 1, participants unfamiliar with video games were randomly assigned to play a violent or nonviolent video game for four weeks. Before and after the game play interval, event-related potentials (ERP) evoked by facial expressions were recorded, and aggressiveness was measured with a questionnaire. Results showed that playing a violent video game delayed peak latency of a positive component of the ERP evoked by angry faces and increased aggressiveness among male participants. Experiment 2 included a 3-month follow-up assessment. Results showed preservation of delayed neural activity, while levels of aggressiveness diminished to some extent. These findings highlight differential aspects regarding the long-term effects of playing a violent video game: more enduring for facial expression recognition and short-lived for aggressiveness.

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Violent Video Games Induce an Affect Processing Bias

Cited by 85 publications

References 34 publications

Violent Media Consumption and the Recognition of Dynamic Facial Expressions

Violent Media Consumption and the Recognition of Dynamic Facial Expressions

Do Aggressive People Play Violent Computer Games in a More Aggressive Way? Individual Difference and Idiosyncratic Game-Playing Experience

Relationship between Video Game Violence and Long-Term Neuropsychological Outcomes

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