Death metal music inspires joy not violence
I've had one desire since I was born; to see my body ripped and torn.
"Many people enjoy sad music, and that's a bit of a paradox - why would we want to make ourselves sad?" he asked."The same can be said of music with aggressive or violent themes. For us, it's a psychological paradox - so [as scientists] we're curious, and at the same time we recognise that violence in the media is a socially significant issue.
"It's called binocular rivalry," explained Dr Sun. The basis of this psychological test is that when most people are presented with a neutral image to one eye and a violent image to the other - they see the violent image more."The brain will try to take it in - presumably there's a biological reason for that, because it's a threat," Prof Thompson explained.
More broadly, there is still concern that violence in media leads to social problems."If you're desensitised to violence, perhaps you wouldn't care if you saw someone on the street getting hurt - you wouldn't help."
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