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| What draws people to violent films? Posted: 30 Mar 2013 12:01 AM PDT
The scientists enlisted 482 participants both in Germany and the US, ranging in ages from 18 to 82. Subjects viewed film trailers featuring different levels of gore and meaningfulness, and rated their likelihood of watching the full movie. They also indicated their perceptions of the film, as in how gory, meaningful, thought-provoking, or suspenseful they thought it was. Earlier studies have suggested that audiences are not necessarily attracted to violence per se, but seem to be drawn to violent content because they anticipate other benefits, such as thrill and suspense. However the researchers say that this is only part of the story: audiences are also attracted to violent films if they promise to "satisfy truth-seeking motivations by offering meaningful insights into some aspect of the human condition," researchers said. "Perhaps depictions of violence that are perceived as meaningful, moving and thought-provoking can foster empathy with victims, admiration for acts of courage and moral beauty in the face of violence, or self-reflection with regard to violent impulses," said head researcher Anne Bartsch of the University of Augsburg. Bartsch and her colleagues will present their findings at the 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association this June in London. — Afp-Relaxnews |
| No link between autism, many vaccines, US study shows Posted: 29 Mar 2013 08:03 PM PDT
Even though children are receiving more vaccines today than they did in the 1990s, there is no link between "too many vaccines too soon" and autism, said the study in the Journal of Pediatrics. About one in 10 US parents refuse or delay vaccinations for their children because they believe it is safer than following the schedule put out by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, according to previous research. Prior studies have already shown there is no link between vaccines and autism, including a 2004 comprehensive review by the Institute of Medicine. This time, researchers at the CDC decided to look children's exposure to antigens, the substances in vaccines that cause the body to produce antibodies to fight infection and disease. Researchers looked at data from 256 children with autism spectrum disorder across three separate managed care organizations in the United States. They compared the cumulative exposure to antigens in those children to 752 children without autism. "We found no evidence indicating an association between exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides contained in vaccines during the first two years of life and the risk of acquiring autism spectrum disorder, autism disorder or autism spectrum disorder with regression," said the study. Nor were there any links between autism and cumulative exposure to antigens, either from birth to two years of age or within the course of a single day after receiving multiple vaccines at the doctor's office, it said. "These results indicate that parental concerns that their children are receiving too many vaccines in the first two years of life or too many vaccines at a single doctor visit are not supported in terms of an increased risk of autism," it said. Autism affects as many as one in 88 in the United States and about one in 100 in Britain. The brain disorder has no single known cause but experts believe it may be triggered by a combination of genetics and environment. — Afp-Relaxnews |
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