and indeed every time i hit an opponent the reward system is activated at the same time the part of the brain responsible for empathy is switched off. so could shooting games numb your real senses. in and if you shoot people in these games again and again that's like saying 2000000 times a year and suppress your emotions to do so and maybe even get a reward stimulus. can also influence your long term behavior learning for the office by interest income. i found the game in the simulator rather boring so i was all the more surprised by the results of the experiment. as a certain shooting stimulates the reward system in our brains i can imagine that. the idea that our emotions like empathy are dampened at the same time i find questionable but they. can to our neighbors in switzerland see it