Parrish, Drew. "The Effect of Violent Video Games on the Human Psyche." ParrishCo. http://parrishco.com/academic/the-effect-of-violent-video-games-on-the-human-psyche/. Web. Apr. 19, 2008.
A student at the University of Central Florida created this website which contains articles he has written which correlated with his own interests. He states in his article that contrary to popular belief, video games can actually have positive effects on people including increased cognitive abilities. Parrish also goes on to show how video games were found to be protected under the first amendment. While this source was composed by a student he does cite many reliable references which support his ideas.
Fleming, Michele J. and Rick Wood, Debra J. "Effects of Violent Versus Nonviolent Video Games on Children's Arousal, Aggressive Mood, and Positive Mood." Journal of Applied Social Psychology. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119017627/abstract. Web. July 31, 2006.
Researchers from the Centre for Applied Psychology at the University of Canberra in Australia did a study on a child's mood after playing violent and non-violent video games. The study shows that after playing the violent video game that there is actually an increase in positive mood. Their study also showed that there was no increase in aggressive mood after playing the violent game. This study shows contradicting findings to what people believe to be true about violent video games. Also this study supports other references who make the same claim as these researchers.
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