lab based experiments have shown that the effects of violent video games is that they increase aggression
Bartholow and Anderson- students played either a violent computer game (Mortal Kombat) or a nonviolent game (PGA Tournament Golf) for 10 minutes
Then they carried out the Taylor Competitive Reaction Time Task, A standard laboratory measure of aggression in which the students delivered blasts of white noise that chosen volumes to punish a non-existent opponent
Violent game players selected a higher noise level 5.97, compared to nonviolent gameplayers 4.6
shows exposure to violent video games makes people more likely to display simulated aggression
This can be explained by cognitive priming exposure to violent video game 'script' of how aggression plays out stored in memory made participants primed to be aggressive aggressive ,
cue in the environment triggered the script non consciously→ led to increased levels of aggression