Article Review: Violent Video Games and Aggression

Article Review
Presentation
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Introduction
The article is about a quantitative research
It proves that vicious video games stress the players
The games also makes them more belligerent (Hasan,
Bègue & Bushman, 2013 p.98).

Summary
 The author defines stress as a state which is undesirable
 The article links stress to vicious video games
 vicious video games expose the players to stressful
conditions
 Vicious video games increase physiological arousal like skin
conductance, heart rate, and blood pressure.
 Cardiac coherence is the bringing together of the breathing
and the heart rate rhythms
 The situation helps measure the balance in the autonomic
nervous system
 Cardiac coherence is a state of extremely regular
variability of heart rate
 For instance, cardiac coherence and a fluctuation in the
variability of the heart rate occur during times of positive
emotions.

Summary cont...
 Negative emotions lower cardiac coherence and increase
heart rate fluctuations.
 Cardiac coherence is used to study the effects of video
games because it is related directly to stress (Hasan et al.,
2013 p.100).
 Preference is based on:
 Less invasive compared to other physiological changes
 Stability against environmental disturbances
 Cheap measuring equipment and easy method of
measurement
 It is not subject to characteristics of demand