tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post3437356939241106134..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: To be less helpful to others, watch violent media...Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-82466181104832203472009-03-13T13:25:00.000-05:002009-03-13T13:25:00.000-05:00It's interesting to consider the relationship of m...It's interesting to consider the relationship of mirror neurons to this. For example, an fMRI study measuring neurological responses to a scene from "The Good The Bad And The Ugly," suggests that the same part of the brain is used to both see something as to actually do that something ourselves (in this case, raising a gun to shoot someone). So in a sense, when we are seeing something, our brains process it as actually doing that action ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-46773044367764094402009-03-13T07:52:00.000-05:002009-03-13T07:52:00.000-05:00That is not a new study and it caused quite an upr...That is not a new study and it caused quite an uproar when gamers first got wind of it. I would also be wary of drawing such broad conclusions on the strength of the data gathered - seems more like somebody's bias came into play. Of course I realise I am biased in an opposite fashion.<BR/><BR/>It is mentioned and addressed here among other places:<BR/>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/empathic-numbing-from-violent-media/<BR/><BR/>The original study can be found here<BR/>http://sitemaker.umich.edu/brad.bushman/files/ba09.pdf<BR/>(since your interscience link is subscriptions-based)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com