@article{ref1,
title="Playing video games cooperatively increases empathic concern",
journal="Social psychology (Göttingen)",
year="2013",
author="Greitemeyer, Tobias",
volume="44",
number="6",
pages="408-413",
abstract="Two studies addressed whether playing video games cooperatively in a team would increase emphatic concern toward others in need. Study 1 showed that cooperative team-play ameliorates the negative effects of violent video game play on empathy. Both those participants who had played a violent video game cooperatively in a team and participants who had played a neutral video game on their own reported more empathy than participants who had played a violent video game on their own. Study 2 showed that cooperative teamplay does not only ameliorate negative effects of violent video games, but may also foster consideration for others. In fact, playing a neutral video game cooperatively in a team (relative to single-play) increased empathy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1864-9335",
doi="10.1027/1864-9335/a000154",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000154"
}