Edit: a link to the full text is posted in this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2880901 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2880901 -- The paper r

Edit: a link to the full text is posted in this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2880901 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2880901 -- The paper reports no significant sex effect: -- There was no evidence that the VGV effect on aggressive behavior differed for males and females (ps  .10). The VGV effect was slightly larger for females in experimental and longitudinal studies and was slightly larger for males in the crosssectional studies, but none of these differences were significant. -- The age effect is only borderline significant: -- Average age of the participants was not significantly related to the VGV effect sizes in experimental or longitudinal studies ( ps  .50). However, it is important to note that there were no longitudinal studies on participants older than 16. For crosssectional studies there was a marginally significant effect of age (b  .005, Z  1.82, p  .07). Studies with older participants tended to yield slightly smaller effect sizes than did those with younger participants -- Anyone with a dash of understanding of the human mind wouldn't find these results surprising, BTW. Even if you're able to make the difference between real life and games, acting violently in virtual environments trains your brain to react more violently in general. BTW, I don't have any personal bias against violent video games. -- Initial post, before the editions: Indeed, then, and I'm a bit surprised that the peer review accepted an abstract that contradicts the content of the paper. Is the journal also biased against violent games?