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ArticleCognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2019

Violence in video game produces a lower activation of limbic and temporal areas in response to social inclusion images.

Carlo Lai, Gaia Romana Pellicano, Daniela Altavilla, Alessio Proietti, Giada Lucarelli, Giuseppe Massaro, Massimiliano Luciani, Paola Aceto

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Article in Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Carlo LaiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy. carlo.lai@uniroma1.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7638-0375
Gaia Romana PellicanoDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Daniela AltavillaDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Alessio ProiettiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Giada LucarelliDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe MassaroDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Massimiliano LucianiDepartment of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Paola AcetoDepartment of Anesthesia, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to violence in video games has been associated with a desensitization toward violent content, a decrease of empathy, and prosocial behavior. Moreover, violent video games seem to be related to a reduction of neural activation in the circuits linked to social emotional processing. The purpose of the present study was to compare the neural response to social inclusion images after violent and nonviolent video game playing. Electroencephalographic data of the 32 participants were recorded during a visual task with three presentations (T0, T1, T2) of 60 stimuli (30 social inclusion vs. 30 neutral images). After the T0 presentation, the participants played with a video game (orientation or violent). After the T1 presentation, the participants played with the other video game (orientation or violent). The two types of video games were randomly displayed. Event-related potential (ERP) components and low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) were analyzed. The main findings showed a longer latency of the P2 component on occipito-temporal montage and a lower activation of the limbic and temporal areas in response to the social inclusion images post violent video game compared with the post orientation video game. The findings suggest a reduction of emotional engagement in social processing after playing violent video game.

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Exposure to ViolencePsychological DistanceSocial PerceptionVideo GamesAdultCerebral CortexElectroencephalographyEvoked PotentialsFemaleHumansLimbic SystemMaleTemporal LobeYoung AdultEvent-related potentialsLoretaSocial inclusionViolent video game

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PMID30565058

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