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 Game Violence is Good for You 14 May 2008 Playing games won’t turn children into criminals
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"If you look at the violent crime in the US over the past 20 years among teenagers it's gone down, and gone down significantly, and if you look at videogame play, it's gone up," said Dr Lawrence Kutner and Dr Cheryl Olsen of Harvard Medical School in a recent interview.
Dr Kutner and Dr Olson conducted a two-year study of 1250 children and 500 parents, funded by the US Department of Justice, to uncover links between games and children's behaviour. The pair found that while there was no direct link between games and violence, there was a correlation between adult-rated games and aggressive behaviour. - news.com.au The Harvard duo also said that playing games is a measure of social competence, especially for boys. It is still unknown whether or not adult-rated games cause aggressive behaviour, or if aggressive children are drawn to playing them.
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