New evidence suggests heinous behavior played out in a virtual environment can lead to players’ increased sensitivity toward the moral codes they violated.
7. Fuente: http://latinamericanscience.org/2014/08/what-happens-in-our-brain-when-we-play-video-
games/
Recent studies indicate that video games improve the capability of the brain’s
frontal lobe, which is particularly linked to the processing of attention and
executive functions. These capabilities are very useful for planning, deciding,
and judging morally.
• Interestingly, the increased volume of gray matter in people who play video
games varied depending on the genre of video game used.
• Those more interested in video games such as Mario Bros., for example, as
opposed to logical games like Tetris, were more likely to have a larger volume
of gray matter in these regions, which are associated with better visual and
attentional skills.
• Changes in the occipital cortex, mainly linked to the sense of vision, were also
observed in video game players, although to a lesser extent.
12. Fuente: https://richarddawkins.net/2014/06/bad-video-game-behavior-increases-players-moral-
sensitivity-may-lead-to-pro-social-behavior-in-real-world/
New evidence suggests heinous behavior played out in a virtual
environment can lead to players’ increased sensitivity toward the
moral codes they violated.
After a subject played a violent video game, they felt guilt and that
guilt was associated with greater sensitivity toward the two
particular domains they violated — those of care/harm and
fairness/reciprocity. This includes behaviors marked by cruelty,
abuse and lack of compassion, and the second, by injustice or the
denial of the rights of others.