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Study finds that motion controls don’t enhance negative effects of games, but violent games (in general) are bad for those with preexisting anger issues
GoNintendo — ... Such findings suggest that only some individuals are adversely affected by violent video games and that those who are affected have preexisting dispositions which make themsusceptible to such violent media. - Dr. Patrick Markey study published in Computers in Human Behavior Hearing the news about motion control is a good thing, but the news about those with preexisting disorders is bad. Perhaps that’s why we shouldn’t be letting prisoners play violent video games…or any games at all! Link This entry was posted on Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 2:27 pm and is filed under ...

Examining the relationship between the Wiimote and violent video games (Markey & Scherer, in press)
VG Researcher - Psychology — ... questionnaires. Results indicated that the use of motion capture controls did not increase the negative effects of violent video games. However, participants with elevated levels of psychoticism were much more affected by violent video games than other participants. Such findings suggest that only some individuals are adversely affected by violent video games and that those who are affected have preexisting dispositions which make them susceptible to such violent media. Anyways, gamepolitics.com picked it up and I was caught unguarded. Judging from the post, it seems that ...

The control panel for movements does not generate any more violence in the player
Games Reviews — ... qualifications were 'Mahunt 2' and 'Tiger Woods Golf 2008', so much in your version Wii as in those who do not use drivers based on movements. Yes it is necessary to realize a remark, and the fact is that those subjects which level of habitual psicoticismo is over the average yes that they demonstrated to be more inclined to turn out to be affected by the violence experienced on the games, independently of the font of secondhand driver. Route | GamePolitics Study | ScienceDirect (it needs register to view all the data) ...