Children's exposure to violent video games and desensitization to violence

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-404

  Funk, Jeanne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DESENSITIZATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; MORALITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20344399912     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2005.02.009     Document Type: Review

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