Study: Gamers Dislike Killing, Enjoy Death
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:58 pm
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51499
The point is, psycho murderers will always prefer it the other way around, regardless of what computer games are about.
Do we really enjoy the deaths of our digital opponents?
A new study by a team of researchers from Helsinki, Finland has made the news lately due to its tentative answer.
The team's surprising findings: Video game players from its test group were angered and anxious after shooting their enemies, while their own deaths elicited a response of joy.
The study--titled "The Psychophysiology of James Bond: Phasic Emotional Responses to Violent Video Game Events"--recorded the psychophysiological responses of 36 young adults while playing James Bond 007: NightFire.
Previous studies have postulated that pairing violent actions with positive rewards is a recipe for desensitization. Though the Helsinki researchers expected their subjects to enjoy the act of killing, the subjects' responses were just the opposite.
The point is, psycho murderers will always prefer it the other way around, regardless of what computer games are about.
