Bruce D. Bartholow, Brad J. Bushman, & Marc A. Sestir, M. A.

2006

Chronic Violent Video Game Exposure and Desensitization to Violence:

Behavioral and Event-Related Potential Data

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volume 42

Pages 532-539.

Psychology

Date: Dec 3, 2009
Summary

The prevalent theory regarding violence making people more aggressive and likely to be violent was tested in an

experiment conducted by Bruce D. Bartholow, Brad J. Bushman and Marc A. Sestir in the Department of

Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. The theory regarding playing violent video games and that

seeing violent acts desensitizes them and makes them aggressive and likely to commit violent acts against others.

Many previous studies have seemingly confirmed this to be true. This study was set up using voluntary male

students who were recruited by offering them college credits for participating. Their reaction to seeing violent

pictures was measured by the amplitude of P300 that was the measure of reaction in the brain in response to violent

scenes as measured in reference to a certain specific amplitude of brain waves as evidenced by (ERP or

event-related potential). It was thought that the results would show higher measurements when exposed to aversive

pictures. They included a level of horrific scenes such as the rotting corpse of a dog.


It was expected that the subjects who were exposed to more violent scenes would be desensitized and have a less

severe reaction to future violent pictures. The scientists theorized that those subjects who played more violent

video games would be desensitized by media violence. This would be proven if the subjects exposed to more

violent video games would be more aggressive towards others than the group who were not exposed to violent

video games. This would be evidenced by the violent exposure group being more aggressive than the control group

who were less desensitized. This would be proved by measuring voltage amplitude (P300 was the norm) and an

electroencephalogram (EEG) was the method used to evaluate the information processing brain activity.


The study was set up using 39 male students with similar characteristics. One group was exposed to the violent

video games and the control group was not. It was expected that those in the group playing more violent video

games would be more aggressive as a result. The level of their aggression would be indicated by how stongly they

inflicted a loud noise to the other students working on a task with them. The task was fabricated to hide the real

purpose of what the scientists were assessing. I would call it a single blind study.


During the task to measure aggression, the students wore electrode caps that recorded their level of aggression

by measuring brain activity. This was after playing violent video games and as they viewed the violent pictures.

The results of this research study linked violence to a specific level of brain activity, as measured by brain wave

activity, in response to seeing violent pictures, accident victims and the dead dog mentioned earlier. This was done

to evaluate the subjects level of desensitization. The subjects who regularly played violent video games were more

strongly motivated to be aggressive. They were likely to administer the loud noise to fellow students for a longer

time period as a sign of their aggression. (It is understood that they didn’t know the noise level and duration were

controlled by computers rather than by their actions in pressing buttons.


The scientists conducting this research concluded that it seemed to support what was predicted; that exposure to

violence in the form of playing video games over a long period of time resulted in a significantly higher level of

aggression towards others in comparison to the control group.
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Santiago Calatrava Takes Flight In Milwaukee

Santiago Calatrava Takes Flight in Milwaukee

by Jeana Morgan, Apr 30, 2009

Just as the mention of opera brings Luciano Pavarotti to mind, the name Santiago Calatrava is inextricably intertwined with the mention of modern architecture.

Tourists from around the world and any resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the US is familiar with the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum located on the Lake Michigan shore. Most people love it, some ridicule it, but no one is indifferent to this magnificent structure.

It is an addition to the older, grayer Milwaukee Art Museum, and some say that it isn't a good match. It may not blend into the older building; it sets itself apart as a glowing white masterpiece reaching out and up. It scoops up the fluid lines of nature and gives wing to Calatrava’s expression of mother earth.

The original buildings known as the Milwaukee Art Museum were designed by architect Eero Saarinen in 1957. In 1994, the director of the Milwaukee Art Museum commissioned Calatrava to design the new addition. This was his first project in the U.S. The pristine whiteness of his creation is like a winged creation poised over the blue expanse of Lake Michigan. It enhances the shore and connects the lake to the city itself by way of the Reiman Bridge. This pedestrian bridge leads visitors from the downtown area consisting of hotels, restaurants and shopping to the shore and the entrance to the Calatrava addition.

The sheer beauty of the distinctive “fins” set on top of the addition have been called both wings and waves. Either term connects them to nature. Wings to the clouds or waves on the lake, they are a breathtaking vision to visitors.

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The completion date is expected to be sometime in 2011. Calatrava's “Bridge over Dallas Waters" will be a sight worth waiting to see.

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It has the main characters of a plastic surgeon who is a gifted surgeon but sorely lacking in providing the slighted scintilla of emotional support to his patients. He has a genius IQ but is clueless when it comes to being cognizant of anyone having importance except himself.

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Ignorance Would have been bliss

by preperowlifick, Feb 21, 2009

A description of an astonished reaction to the blatant misuse of power and political position at the expense of almost everyone except the politically powerful, lobbyists and the billionaire bunch who are the power behind the scene.

Here we are again handing out money to the "haves" at the expense of future generations who will become the "never gonna haves." I try not to feel resentful after all I have food and a roof. My family is doing well. But what about those people who have lost their houses. Yes, yes I realize they should have known the rule that only 30% of a family's income should be used for housing. But when a banker (some people are in awe of the knowledge a banker is supposed to possess) is offering you a house which is after all the American dream, it is difficult to say no. Balloon payment at the end? Uh what does that mean? It means the banker led you into an impossible situation with a promise and a smile.

Wake up dude. Your American dream has come to an end.

But you won't be feeling lonely. Many others are in the process of following in your unfortunate footsteps. Isn't it interesting that when we don't balance our checking accounts correctly we are punished via overdraft fees. Isn't it even more interesting that when the bankers who punished us via overdraft fees don't balance their bank accounts - they get million dollar bonuses. Welfare for the CEO's. All their advantageous educations put together and they can't balance the books. But of course bonuses are still given. WHY WHY WHY WHY?

Once again I stand before you - a confused person who although she can balance her checkbook didn't get a million dollar bonus. What did I do wrong. Should I have screwed someone over who is more gullible than me like the bankers did? Am I not as smart as they are. Maybe I am and maybe I'm not - but I am smart enough to realize there is nothing I can do to help - change - alleviate the unfathomable disaster our country is quagmired in.

I am terribly confused about one thing. When counterfeiters print money with nothing but paper value to validate it they go to prison. When the US prints money with nothing but paper value - it continues to be justified and then they print more. I don't know about the rest of middle America but I'm smart enough to be scared - but not smart enough to know what to do about it.

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Building from one or two admirable traits or qualities he need not become perfect or suddenly earn a thousand pounds a year. The main goal can be getting a job, any job and attending every day. If you can motivate him to use one of his formerly "hidden" resources you can start him on a road to unearthing and using others. Your hope for him becomes his own hope for himself.

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It is true that some individuals have limited resources for coping with a life imbued with problems. It is your job as therapist to discover what they are. This will enable you to bring forth a sense of empowerment within the client. At the time he recognises positive qualities within himself, you have interjected his problematic life situation with the one thing he most needs. That one thing - is hope. You must discover attributes within your client that you can admire and thus help the client to discovery of the fact that he has admirable qualities. Then together you can build on those qualities until the client begins to utilise them to his own benefit.

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DAILY NEWS FROM HELL - FEB. 10, 2009

Not much to say - too busy working. Not a complaint - my cup runneth over. Big smile. Anyways, there are scary things going on that the political braniacs can explain far better than me. One comment - Kim Il Jong - ASL - 40 or 50 - male maniac - North Korea.

Go here for a real life horror movie plot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/08/AR2009020801729.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

Please Hillary - Be a pit bull with him. I know you can do it.

Admire Cannot Aspire

"Poetry of those able to break free of the need to suppress that which turned them inward. Fortunate and brave those souls who break free.

Shared thoughts. Never shared voice. Never to join in the chorus.

Never breaking free of the memories. Heavy anchors on words unspoken. Ugliness never to be released. Shhhh Shhhh it cannot be told.

Shhh shhh that childhood secret. Never give the ugliness a voice.

Everyone loved him. His friendly smile. His pleasant words. Everyone loved him. Ask the neighbors. Ask everyone. Ask anyone but me.

Shhh shhh I can never tell..."

anonymous

Remnants of writing

Is depression surprising
Among sensitive souls existing in a society
Which allows babies to die if their intellectual level doesn't measure up.

While conversely
Forcing elderly to continue lives which are straining to ebb away.

Helpless infant
Unable to know whether you want what is snatched from you.

Helpless old man
Unable to get rid of what you no longer find tolerable.

Helpless soul
Unable to resist the depression which pulls you down.

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Taxpayer's Lament

Here We Go Again, Taxpayers

by preperowlifick, Jan 24, 2009
Tags: accountability bail out money excess spending help president obama taxpayers
Voicing the hope that President Obama will want to and be able to stem this type of repulsive greed at a time when many people have lost their jobs and homes.

It's as if those greedy executives are laughing at the middle class taxpayers of America.

What they did isn't all that surprising. What is astonishing though is how blatantly they did it.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

Merrill-Lynch redecorates while the taxpayers do a slow burn.

Common sense is down the drain again. I guess "covert" rather than "overt" disregard for the taxpayers isn't in their repertoire. Did ya hear the one about the $35,000 commode that was part of a million dollar redecoration project that was done "after" the bailout money was given. Borrowed. Yea right. All that money spent while some folks can't afford to purchase toilet paper much less purchase a new commode. Or was it a piece of furniture type of commode? Either way, $35,000 is too expensive under the circumstances.

Accountability was said to have been a big part of the plan to rejuvenate the economy. If the executives want luxury in their offices let them pay the bills themselves. I suggested the execs (white collar criminals come to mind) should give back some of their bonus money. I had the fam rolling in the aisles in laughter with that idea. Ok, I get it, not gonna happen no way.

But aren't they stepping over any reasonable line drawn in the sand when they take tax money, spend a million dollars to decorate one office suite and then come back holding their hands out for more government money. These are the same miscreants who used to scream loudly about the poor little welfare mother who subsisted on $450.00 a month. These dudes could care less that George W. used inaction to promote Social Darwinism down in New Orleans.

To those who would argue that it was the State managed National Guard who didn't respond because the Louisiana Governor had to first request help from the Federal Government. People drowning, sitting on roofs for a week and babies dying for lack of formula was the situation down in New Orleans. Not the appropriate time for the government to observe PROTOCOL. To those who say the people should have gotten out while they could. I say, "Shoulda, woulda, coulda, so what."

If a fire breaks out while the fire chief is on vacation should the other firemen say, "Well protocol in this town dictates that we can't unroll the hoses unless the chief gives the order."

Common sense people common sense. Let's install a staff of auditors to stalk all the execs getting bail-out money. Better yet, let's have the execs pay for the auditors who are going to stalk them.

There should be some accountability and auditing requirements put in place before any more bail out money is distributed. We don't need another blatant display of disregard from those who hold their hands out for more! more! more!
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Still Missed Generations Down The Line

Today would have been Elvis's 74th birthday. He missed out on the long life. His fans missed out on many more great songs, cd's, performances in person and on tv's.

Elvis we still miss you since you left at 42,
Senior fans who loved you then alongside those you never knew,
Lighting each a candle to memorialize your birth,
Walking up the path to Graceland where you spent your time on earth.

Coming generations will all enjoy your voice,
They'll learn it from their mommas and follow it by choice,
Watch pictures on the tv with girl's screaming from their seats,
Magic music reigns forevermore, sweet Elvis rest in peace.

NOTE: You can only understand after seeing a pic of him at age 21. He was hot.