Media violence and social neuroscience: New questions and new opportunities

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 178-182

  Carnagey, Nicholas L ^a   Anderson, Craig A ^b   Bartholow, Bruce D ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brain imaging; FMRI; Media violence; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547745519     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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