According to the Sunday Times, the researchers found that the effects on the brain were discovered in the left inferior frontal lobe and the anterior cingulate cortex.
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An abstract of the report which will be published at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America later this week said subjects experienced alterations to their brain.
The report said: ‘Subjects showed relatively less activation in prefontal regions associated with executive function following one week of violent video game playing.
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