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Monday, August 5, 2013

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Video games boost visual attention but reduce impulse control

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:11 AM PDT

A person playing a first-person shooter video game like Halo or Unreal Tournament must make decisions quickly. That fast-paced decision-making, it turns out, boosts the player's visual skills but comes at a cost, according to new research: reducing the person's ability to inhibit impulsive behavior. This reduction in what is called "proactive executive control" appears to be yet another way that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior.

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