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chopperduel
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I've always watched anime my entire life and but at a certain point I realized one of the main reasons was it helped treat my insomnia. I'm also bipolar but I wouldn't want to make any statements on how it could've effected that but in my life overall anime has been a very positive force. So my question is are there any studies that show the effects of anime on say mental patients or even college kids hooked up to a eeg machine. Really any study either involving an eeg machine or psychological analysis also studies on child development. Because I can't find any on the internet. Thanks for your help.
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EmbraceMe
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I find that I've been having many delusions of various anime characters crawling out of my computer screen in beach gear. Also, I have been lusting anime characters.
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egoist
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I noticed that I've also created a few imaginary wives since I got addicted.
My god, you people are so dirty minded. |
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Spastic Minnow
 Bargain HunterExempt from Grammar Rules  Posts: 4613 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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although I don't know of any specific studies about anime, there are certainly studies about the effect of TV and other forms of favorite entertainment on the brain.
Here's one: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=imaginary-friends My best friend from High school has bi-polar issues too, it always helps him to find that thing he enjoys but he still has plenty of low periods. His big thing is music though. He's low and listens to or makes loud angry music. |
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John Casey
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Anime has no real effect on the human brain that's different from any other entertainment medium... Watching Elfen Lied might sicken you. Watching Saw might sicken you. Watching FLCL might make you laugh and put you in a good mood. Watching Arrested Development might make you laugh and put you in a good mood. The sheer number or variables present makes it absolutely impossible to differentiate the effects that anime specifically has on the brain from the effects of, say a weekday sitcom - specifically. It's all about the contents of what you're watching. And of course, lastly people's own personal tastes. Now, that's not the say that there aren't a few...hrm, let's call them "abstract anomalies". Music, for example: Different genres can invoke different moods. And in that case, some people find it more difficult to relate to cartoon characters, compared to real-life actors behind the tube. But, those are all extremely minute happenstances. Trying to study the effects a specific entertainment medium has on all people universally is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, in a laundry machine as it's washing. |
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chopperduel
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I can't agree with you but I have to expand my statement to do so. To be honest If you look at society on a large scale you could say just about everyone uses the internet okay. Some people play video games alright. And some people watch anime. Now I'm also going to say that if you watch anime your more likely to use the internet and play videogames. I believe this is the majority by far if I'm wrong correct me please. I'm sorry if I'm changing he statement just to disagree with you but at this point I'm just trying to make a valid point (because yeah what is the difference between saw and elfen lied). I honestly think video games are the new printing press and anime is the new photograph. So at a certain point it's like yeah I could watch or do what everyone else is doing but I'm not I'm doing something else and why?
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Aoi_Sakaraba
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Well for some people anime will have the effect of distracting people from their work. Someone can try to study for a test, but they will be thinking about what will happen next in the series they are currently watching.
Been there done that. Still in school thank god. |
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EireformContinent
 Posts: 977 Location: Łódź/Poland (The Promised Land) |
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@chopperduel
Show me one hobby that nowadays doesn't connect people by Internet. What is more the ways they use it differ the same way: relatively small active group that actually create an moderate portals and forums, those who go and use ready things and complete passive users. Those who use it as a way of meeting people in reality and those who won't let you to get a single trace of their real identity. In your shoes I'd focus on that factor- what makes certain people to vary on the levels of devotion of their hobby and participate in certain activities. Video Games- from my POV anime fans usually play board ones. It's hardly to say what people here likes, because there's no off topic board but in communities that allows such a discussion you can find really interesting ones when it comes to talk about other subject than main one- people vary literally in everything. For example I love kitting, but don't expect anyone here to share my hobby.
Why? Photography is alive and well.
Continences. For me the major pleasure comes from writing reviews and discussing. Since we have many others things to review I don't think that anime is necessarily to me to be lucky. |
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John Casey
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Can I say something? Lol. I think that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, because frankly, I can't make any sense of what you just said, and what that has anything to do with this. |
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chopperduel
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Okay I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. My point in the second post was yes in many ways saying anime xyz is any different than say sitcom abc is meaningless. So I had to expand the thought. The internet, video games and anime are all new forms of media. Now clearly we all use the internet and the majority of us partake in videogames. So that means that most of the people on this forum engage in 3 forms of media that didn't exist in any form or fashion about 50-70 years ago for anime and 20yr internet 40 yrs videogames. Now there may not be a difference between watching live action or anime but there is a big difference in say an individual that engages in all three of this exercises everyday for 10 years and one that checks there email 3 times a week. Also the majority of the time when I could be watching something else I want to watch anime. This means it is something my brain is accustomed to. So it provides a type of stimulation not found in other activities (including live tv) much like videogames. And john I'm not taking any shots at you and when I disagreed with you it didn't have any insults to go with it I just said why I disagreed and stated my case if you don't understand ask me to clarify. I'm a person and just speak to me like I'm standing in front of you that's all I want. If it didn't make sense I'll try again being that the vast majority of individuals on this forum engage in "new media" why? have any of you found studies on anime and it's effect on the brain. Any time people invent a new type of art there are social and cultural effects but these begin with the individual in 20 or 30 years it's effect on society will be obvious but I just don't want to wait that long. So if anyone could tell me if anime has effected them or they think it has or they just learned a little japanese or whatever that's what I'm looking for.
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EireformContinent
Posts: 977 Location: Łódź/Poland (The Promised Land) |
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You are still not clear.
Watching anime doesn't require any specialistic skills or abilities, so why do you stubbornly want to bond it with brain? The only stimulation I get are discussions that I also find on every discussion board. I like animation in general and since anime is one of it's branch I'm interested in it- but it has nothing to do with my mental abilities, but just with circumstances in my life. Maybe it developed me a bit, but not more than my other hobbies. Ps. PubMed doesn't give any results. |
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chopperduel
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I'm sorry if I'm not clear please explain to me what was not clear did none of it make sense? I'll try to be very clear. What is anime's effect on the brain studies facts your opinions. My interest in it's relation to the brain is because well I feed my brain anime. So am I consuming something of value or is it a complete waste of time. Really this started when I realized I craved videogames and guess what they're good for you. I also really enjoy anime and I believe it has positive effects but I guess I"m wrong.
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EireformContinent
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Open your second mount to let me see your brain. Seriously how we are supposed to know? One will enjoy ecchi comedies while other will write elaborate about Matsumoto's works in context of hopes and fears brought by space exploration in 70s. And nobody says that this first one is worse than second. |
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HaruhiToy
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Objection. Question assumes facts not in evidence.
It has not been established that anime viewers have brains to affect. |
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Jedi Master
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Funny anime makes the brain happy.
Tragic anime makes the brain sad. Horror anime makes the brain scared. Action anime makes the brain excited. Dramatic anime makes the brain observant. Mystery anime makes the brain confused. Romantic anime makes the brain amorous. On a more serious note, I recall reading or hearing somewhere that animation in general allows the viewer to suspend their disbelief on various visual effects. Compare the animated versus live-action productions of Dragon Ball Z or Avatar: The Last Airbender for examples. See Street Fighter while you're at it. I also recall reading or hearing elsewhere that the greatest difference between animation and film is that the former aims to stylize reality while the latter strives to actualize it. The guy originally in charge of the Dead or Alive games stated in a magazine interview that beauty is found via a lack of flaws. By adding flaws to a character, the creator sacrifices beauty for individuality. From this, I take the position that subjects depicted in anime have fewer flaws that subjects depicted in a life-action film. From his statement, one could theorize that part of the enjoyment of anime is the result the mind of the viewer "filling in" the details left out by the intentional failure of the artwork to fully emulate reality. Thus, the brain is forced work harder at piecing the assorted colors and shapes presented to it together into something recognizable. This subconscious level of interactivity to make the obviously non-real images seem real results in the suspension of disbelief when the images involved could not occur naturally in the real world. The reason this is more effective than live action special effects is ironically explained in a recent live action movie. That Leonardo diCaprio film about dream diving. I can't remember the title right now. But basic principle is this: with animation, the interpretation of the image is created partially by the viewer's subconscious. But with live-action, the interpretation of the image relies less on the viewer's subconscious and more on the director's/producer's presentation. This difference on the source of the interpretation is the key. Sorry if the above writing is messy. Over 24 hours without sleep and a currently empty stomach does that. |
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