Hands Up! Atypical Defensive Reactions in Heavy Players of Violent Video Games When Exposed to Gun-Attack Pictures

Hands Up! Atypical Defensive Reactions in Heavy Players of Violent Video Games When Exposed to Gun-Attack Pictures

Threatening cues and surrounding contexts trigger specific defensive response patterns. Posturography, a technique for measuring postural strategies, has been used to evaluate motor defensive reactions in humans. When exposed to gun pointed pictures, humans were shown to exhibit an immobility reacti...

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Main Authors: Maria Fernanda Santos, Aline F. Bastos, Jose M. Oliveira, Ivan Figueira, Sonia Gleiser, Mirtes G. Pereira, Eliane Volchan, Fátima S. Erthal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
violent games
posturography
defensive reactions
PTSD
immobility
video games
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00191/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00191/full

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