The problem of violence in video games

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Mohamed GadMiss Heather Crutchfield

English 10 College Prep Block D

07 June 2012

Violent Video Games: A New frightening Phenomenon

            Video games have been a part of children's life for the past 30 years. It all started when Atari came up with a very simple game of tennis. These games became very sophisticated, realistic and more graphically violent over time. Playing video games can have many negative effects on children. Violent games alters the brain's response to violence, causes stress and aggressive thoughts , and doesn't teach kids moral consequences. Parents and researchers began to question themselves what are the impacts of these changes might be. Therefore, violent video games should be restricted by the parents to improve children's' physical and mental growth.

          Violent video games alter the brain's response to violence because these games cause diminished brain responses. For example, "American children spend plenty of time in front of screens that can cause distributions in brain"(Adams). Without parental involvement, children mental growth will be affected by violence and anger that can slow down the growth. According to researchers at Indiana university school of medicine, brain scans of kids who played violent video games showed an increase in emotional arousal and a decrease of activities in brain areas involved in self-control and attention(kalning).In which the amygdala can be affected by violence and involved in emotional arousal and behavior. "MRI scans of the brain showed negative effects on the brains of the teens who played 'Medal Of Honor' for 30 minutes" (kalning).This quote shows that violent contents can affect the brain. In which also can lead to aggression and stress.

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              Playing violent video games leads to increased aggressive thoughts, increased aggressive feelings, increased aggressive behaviors, cause stress, and a decreased prosocial helping. Everyone deals with stress and frustrations differently. However when action is taken with frustration and stress, the action is done with anger and aggression, the results may be very harmful mentally, emotionally, and even physically. Aggression is action by attacking someone or a group with intent to harm someone. It can with insulting or attacking. Also,Violent video gaming can lead people to isolate themselves from friends and family. Children's' brains are in ...

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