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Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Finding it Fun to Rumble

Researchers from the University of Vanderbilt have shown that aggression is just as rewarding as sex, food, and drugs – although not, we assume, in that order.

This Is Your Brain on Violence

Research using brain-scanning technology finds that images of violence stimulate specific responses in the human brain that do not occur in reaction to other types of imagery.

Violent Media Images Spark Aggressive Behavior

The link between violent media imagery and aggressive behavior is only slightly less strong than the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, according to one University of Michigan psychologist.

The Devil Made Me Do It: Video Games and Violence

Father and son researchers studying violence in video games find that the cumulative aggression seen in the current study reflects a low-grade social violence that's ultimately more indious than headline-grabbing meltdowns.