The Psychophysiology of James Bond: Phasic Emotional Responses to Violent Video Game Events

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Ravaja, Niklas ^a   Turpeinen, Marko ^b   Saari, Timo ^a   Puttonen, Sampsa ^c   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

aggressive behavior; emotions; facial EMG; skin conductance; video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 39449137117     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.114     Document Type: Article

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