Via gamepolitics, this study examined FPS players’ hormonal responses towards an in-group versus an out-group in a competitive setting. I can understand the evolution part, but I’m a complete beginner in neurobiology, I can’t understand the entire results section.
Abstract
For 14 teams of three young men, salivary testosterone and cortisol were assessed twice before and twice [...]
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Hormonal responses differences when playing against an ingroup or outgroup (Oxford et al., 2009)
Posted in Aggression, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuropsychology, Video games on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Physiological arousal, noise blast & state hostility in relation to differences between desktop vs. virtual reality gaming (Arriaga et al., 2008)
Posted in Aggression, Neuropsychology, Video games on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I suppose Jack Thompson and other fear mongers might’ve had a panic attack when they heard VR goggles were available and thought up the dangers when combined with video games. For example, the enhanced visuals of the goggles capture the complete attention of a person which would further blur the boundaries of reality and fantasy [...]
Physiological and emotional responses to violent events in an FPS game (Ravaja et al., 2008)
Posted in Motivation and Emotion, Neuropsychology on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I recently learned the term science journalism and what I am doing approximate to that: Reporting on scientific findings for the general public, or in this case to gamers.
Anyways, I was browsing in kotaku when an article in gamecritics.com had made a reference to study about participants emotional and physiological responses to violent events. Since I’m still [...]
Gender differences in brain activations while playing video games (Hoeft et al., 2008)
Posted in Addiction, Neuropsychology on February 5, 2008 | 9 Comments »
gamepolitics.com had posted a study that was mentioned by a news radio about how men are more likely to be addicted to video games than women. Following the comments in gamepolitics.com, it seems that again we need someone to read the article directly in order to present all the information to prevent any misinformation. More [...]
