Playing violent shooting video games can improve firing accuracy and influence players to aim for the head when using a real gun finds a new study in Communication Research.
May 21, 2012
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Earlier this week, a teenager was accused of killing three high school students after he opened fire at Chardon High School in Ohio. Eric Madfis, a doctoral candidate in Northeastern’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology ...
Mar 5, 2012
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The U.S. psychologist who wrote a book about school shootings that investigators found in the Munich gunman's room says researching other mass killers can be a warning sign since young gunmen often are looking for role models—but ...
Jul 23, 2016
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Repeated exposure to media coverage of collective traumas, such as mass shootings or natural disasters, can fuel a cycle of distress, according to a University of California, Irvine study. Researchers found that individuals ...
Apr 17, 2019
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In an analysis of 2019 mass shootings and hospital locations, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that the closest hospital to more than 70% of mass shootings was a non-trauma center, where sudden, ...
Mar 18, 2020
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The number of mass shooting incidents (MSI) has been increasing in recent years, rising nearly 40 percent from 2019 to 2021. Although research has been done to identify ways to prevent mass shootings and reduce death and ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Q: I'm thinking about getting a handgun for protection. What are the best ways to keep my kids safe with a gun in the house?
Aug 15, 2022
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(Medical Xpress) -- Penalty shoot-outs are possibly the most stressful situations that footballers have to contend with. They need to be able to focus on the task and block out noise and other distractions coming from the ...
Jun 22, 2012
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Fatal shootings of civilians by police officers are less common in states with stricter gun laws than they are in states that take a more relaxed approach to regulating the sale, storage and use of firearms, new research ...
May 29, 2017
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On November 13 2015, a series of coordinated attacks in Paris left 130 people dead. A week later, armed gunmen stormed a hotel in Mali, seizing hostages while also firing indiscriminately at guests, killing 27 people. And ...
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