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On Monday the U.S Supreme Court ruled against a ban on the rental or sale of violent video games to children.
The nations high court said it was unconstitutional because it violated free speech. In Tuesday's Facebook story of the day we ask “Do video games make kids more aggressive?”. If you have young children what can you do to keep your kids from being exposed to violent games?
Tonight on KRCG News at 10 you'll hear from a University of Missouri professor who recently did a study which found violent video games make players more aggressive.
Bruce Bartholow, associate professor of psychology found, “the brains of violent video game players become less responsive to violence, and this diminished brain response predicts an increase in aggression”.
The MU study took 70 adults and had them play video games, both violent and nonviolent, for 25 minutes. Right after playing the games researchers measured brain responses of the participants.
They showed them pictures of neutral photos like a man on a bike, and then they also showed them more violent pictures like a man holding a gun to another man's mouth.
One shocking part of the study found that participants who already had violent video game exposure weren't effected by the video game tests. Those who weren't regular violent video game players had increased brain activity.
Hear from the man who did the study, Bruce Bartholow, tonight at ten on KRCG News Nightside.
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