Study: Violent Video Game Exposure Affects Self-Control

Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Tostig

Adolescents who play violent video games show differences in brain activity from those playing nonviolent games. The differences were associated with emotional arousal and self-control, medical researchers reported.Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine asked 44 adolescents to play either a violent or a nonviolent video game for 30 minutes. They used functional magnetic resonance [...]

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N.Y. Man Accused Of Spray Painting Goats Genitals

Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Tostig

(CBS/AP)MAHOPAC, N.Y. A man broke into a barn on Thanksgiving morning, spray-painted three pet goats and scattered pages of pornographic magazines on the floor, apparently to harass the property owner, police said Tuesday.
Drew Gagnon, 37, of Mahopac, was arrested the next day and was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and animal cruelty, said Lt. Brian [...]

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