{"id":91917,"date":"2016-05-14T13:57:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91917"},"modified":"2016-05-14T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T12:00:07","slug":"this-is-what-a-pirates-brain-looks-like-when-they-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/91917-this-is-what-a-pirates-brain-looks-like-when-they-download","title":{"rendered":"This is what a pirate’s brain looks like when they download"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent study published by Monash<\/a><\/strong> shows how the average person feels when illegally downloading copyrighted material.<\/p>\n

The study investigates what happens in the brains of people when they pirate a TV show versus stealing a handbag, for example.<\/p>\n

It found that people are much more likely to take something (regardless of price, risk of getting caught or difficulty) when there is no other physical presence.<\/p>\n

The image below shows that people\u2019s brains were more active when trying to imagine intangible objects compared to tangible objects.<\/p>\n

This suggests people have more difficulty with representing intangible items, said the research.<\/p>\n

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The second experiment required volunteers to imagine illegally or legally obtaining films, music, books, and software.<\/p>\n

Researchers said this study revealed that participants showed more activation in the area of the brain associated with guilt when imagining stealing an item.<\/p>\n

In conclusion the study found that people had less issue downloading pirated material because they had more difficulty imagining the download as a tangible object.<\/p>\n

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