Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 664-672.

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Media Violence and Aggression：A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective

TENG Zhao-jun1, LIU Yan-ling1,2, PAN Yan-gu1, YAO De-zhong2   

  1. 1. Research Center of Mental Health Education & Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    2. Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education & School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

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Abstract: It has been debated that causality was existed between media violence and aggression. On the basis of this debating and development of social cognitive neuroscience, the relations between media violence and aggression could be explored by ERP and fMRI. Firstly, we analyzed the implications through social cognitive neuroscience on media violence and aggression, which almost based on ERP and fMRI evidence. And then, we focused on that we might pay much attention to the subjects, tools and designs. In the future direction, cross sectional and various of media violence effect on aggression will be designed, and social cognitive neuroscience based on Catalyst Model background is to study for media violence associated with aggression, and it will be significant to construct the model of cognitive neural mechanism of media violence on aggression.

Key words: media violence, aggression, ERP, fMRI, social cognitive neuroscience

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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