Video games don’t have to be shoot ’em ups to trigger a strong emotional response (Main image: Simon Clay/Alamy. Teaser image: Action Press/Rex)
VIDEO games don’t have to be violent to trigger an emotional response. It turns out that driving games can activate more brain regions involved in emotional processing than shoot ’em ups.
Many studies have suggested that violence in video games could be linked to aggression. To investigate further, Simon Goodson and Sarah Pearson of the University of Huddersfield in the UK recruited 30 adults aged between 18 and 45 to play either a competitive driving game,…
