Politicians pushed for a crackdown on violent video games after speculation arose that they spurred Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza -- who had autism spectrum disorder -- to commit one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history, killing 26 children and educators before taking his own life. "We wanted to try to provide some evidence on the issue," says lead author Christopher Engelhardt, a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions and the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. The study -- which was recently accepted for publication in the journal Psychological Science -- is the first of its kind to test the effects of violent video games on aggression in adults with autism spectrum disorder, according to Engelhardt. Researchers examined 120 young adults -- 60 who had autism spectrum disorder, and 60 who showed normal neurological development.
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