Media Violence Effects on Brain Development: What Neuroimaging Has Revealed and What Lies Ahead

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1790-1806

  Hummer, Tom A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

media violence; MRI; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945896257     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215596553     Document Type: Article

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