Screen violence damages your child
A child’s brain doesn’t differentiate between real and dramatised violence.
Brain scans performed on children watching dramatised violence
indicated that they were responding in a very similar way to kids who had witnessed real violence
, according to Health24
The test results showed that the MRI scans displayed common results for violence depicted across various media
, including TV
, video games, music and movies- a scientist involved with the project stated that:
“Children who played violent video games
had a heightened likelihood of aggression for up to 15 minutes after switching off the console.
Over the long term it's just like eating fatty food - one hamburger won't kill you but there is a cumulative effect."
The results vindicate a UK government implementation of age-restrictions on violent or sexual video games.
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