A team from Missouri-Columbia has found a causal link between people viewing violent images and being inured to violent images.

While it’s no great shock that people that regularly view something have a muted reaction to it (this probably occurs in war zones and violent areas, too) their immediate conclusion based on the findings is a bit odd.

There’s no reason to jump to people being innured to violence and those same people commiting violent acts themselves. While it’s a bit disturbing overall, I don’t think there’s any way to show a causal effect based on the findings listed in the article.