Hundreds of studies have examined the interpersonal effects of video game consumption.
This article provides a brief review of the relationship between violent and prosocial …

In 2015, the American Psychological Association (APA) released a task-force technical
report on video-game violence with a concurrent resolution statement linking violent games …

Violent video games are theorized to be a significant cause of aggressive thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors. Important evidence for this claim comes from a large meta-analysis by …

Abstract The Competitive Reaction Time Task (CRTT) is the measure of aggressive behavior
most commonly used in laboratory research. However, the test has been criticized for issues …

Since the release of video games numerous studies have assessed the impact of violence
within video games on aggression, yet few have assessed the impact of competition. Initial …

Longitudinal studies investigating the relationship of aggression and violent video games
are still scarce. Most of the previous studies focused on children or younger adolescents and …

Over the past half-century, many professional and scientific organizations have issued
statements about the harmful effects of violent media on children and adolescents. Most …

Researchers have suggested that acute exposure to violent video games is a cause of
aggressive behavior. We tested this hypothesis by using violent and nonviolent games that …

There is a large amount of variables that need to be taken into account when studying the
effects of violent content in digital games; one of those being difficulty. In the current study …

Background. Games are increasingly used to collect scientific data. Some suggest that game
features like high cognitive load may limit the inferences we can draw from such data, yet no …