Violent Imagery Leaves Viewers ‘Comfortably Numb’
Would you help a disabled woman pick up the crutches she dropped outside a cinema? Disturbing new research…
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Attending Services Linked to Support for Suicide Attacks
What turns a person into a suicide bomber? Surprisingly, the answer does not seem to be intense personal religiosity, according to new research that analyzes data from seven nations.
Obesity Linked to Childhood Violence
Children who are abused by their parents are more likely to grow up into obese adults, according to…
Violence Not the Source of Video Games’ Appeal
The presence of violence and gore does not increase the enjoyment of video games for most players, according…
Gridiron Violence Off the Field
High school football players and wrestlers are far more likely to get into violent altercations than their non-athletic classmates, according to a new finding.
Bullying: A Junior Hate Crime?
Serious research into juvenile bullying increasingly focuses on ways to curb what appears to many as an inevitable feature of the schoolyard.
This Is Your Brain on Violence
Research using brain-scanning technology finds that images of violence stimulate specific responses in the human brain that do not occur in reaction to other types of imagery.
Violent Media Images Spark Aggressive Behavior
The link between violent media imagery and aggressive behavior is only slightly less strong than the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, according to one University of Michigan psychologist.
The Devil Made Me Do It: Video Games and Violence
Father and son researchers studying violence in video games find that the cumulative aggression seen in the current study reflects a low-grade social violence that's ultimately more insidious than headline-grabbing meltdowns.