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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


'Bad' video game behavior increases players' moral sensitivity: May lead to pro-social behavior in real world

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT

New evidence suggests heinous behavior played out in a virtual environment can lead to players' increased sensitivity toward the moral codes they violated. The current study found such guilt can lead players to be more sensitive to the moral issues they violated during game play. Other studies have established that in real life scenarios, guilt evoked by immoral behavior in the "real-world" elicits pro-social behaviors in most people.

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