http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Why are audiences attracted to bloodshed, gore and violence? A recent study from researchers at the University of Augsburg, Germany and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that people are more likely to watch movies with gory scenes of violence if they felt there was meaning in confronting violent aspects of real life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-violent-movies.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:05:22 EST news283680315 The massacre of 26 people, mostly young children, at a US school has revived the perennial debate about the impact of violent videogames on the warped minds of gunmen behind such tragedies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-revives-debate-videogame-violence.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:29:27 EST news275138961 Published in the Comunicación journal, a study conducted by the University of Seville analyses violence content in Spanish TV series. It concludes that Telecinco's Sin tetas no hay paraíso is the most violent of the five studied. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-popular-tv-series-youngsters-spain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:53:44 EST news272714000