Mentally ill, white supremacist video game-playing men are pushing rates of mass homicide ever higher in the US? The real data is more nuanced than common misperceptions suggest.
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On the whole, results from psychology research studies don't support a direct connection between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
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For years, there have been questions about research showing connections between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
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