Violence Video Game effect brain Difficult Control Emotions

News Health Articles - Violence Video Game effect brain Difficult Control Emotions. Potential dangers of violent video games has been a debate for years. There is little scientific evidence that shows that the game is a bad effect on nerve function.

Recent research suggests that changes in brain areas associated with cognitive function and emotional control in young adult men after playing violent video games.

In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, researchers looked at 28 people healthy adult males aged 18 to 29 years who rarely plays violent video game themed. They were randomly divided into two groups each consisting of 14 persons.



Members of the first group was asked to play the video game shoot-out for 10 hours at home for a week and refrain from playing video games in the next week. The second group does not play video games at all during a period of two weeks.

Each subject underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at study entry. they were then given a test on the first and second week.

During fMRI, participants completed the task for assessing emotional disturbance. They were asked to press a key that matches the color of the words are presented visually or called the Stroop Test.

Words that show violent actions inserted between the words without acts of violence. In addition, participants completed the task of counting to determine the existence of barriers in the capacity to think.

Results showed that after one week of playing violent games, video game group showed activation of left frontal lobe lower during an emotional stroop test and the lack of activation in the anterior cingulate cortex during a counting stroop test. These results are lower than the initial test results and test results of the control group after one week.

"For the first time, we have found that the sample of young adults were randomly shows a lack of activation in certain regions in frontal brain sections after playing violent video games for a week in the house. Brain regions are affected is important to control emotions and aggressive behavior," said Yang Wang, MD, assistant research professor at Indiana University's Department of Radiology and Sciences.

After the video game group to refrain from playing the game for a week, change it back to normal brain areas approaching the control group. Stroop test is a test to determine the ability of individuals to control the flexibility of mind and attention.

"These findings suggest that playing violent video games have a long-term effects on brain function. This effect can be demonstrated in behavioral changes during the time playing video games," added Dr. Wang Eurekalert.org as reported on Monday (5/12/2011).