Examining desensitization using facial electromyography:Violent videogames, gender, and affective responding

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Highlights:

• Examined physiological and affective desensitization to one violent videogame.

• Participants played a (non)violent videogame then looked at aggressive images.

• Examined physiological and affective desensitization to one violent video game.

• Participants did not differ in self-reported affect or arousal.

• The violent, compared to the nonviolent, videogame did not produce desensitization.

摘要

•Examined physiological and affective desensitization to one violent videogame.•Participants played a (non)violent videogame then looked at aggressive images.•Examined physiological and affective desensitization to one violent video game.•Participants did not differ in self-reported affect or arousal.•The violent, compared to the nonviolent, videogame did not produce desensitization.

论文关键词:Desensitization,Facial electromyography,Videogames,Violence

论文评审过程:Received 5 January 2016, Revised 15 February 2016, Accepted 24 March 2016, Available online 8 April 2016, Version of Record 8 April 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.074