Thomas Stoughton leverages more than three decades of experience to his role as an Indiana business consultant. His clients have included major businesses and nonprofit organizations across Indiana. Thomas Stoughton was additionally instrumental in creating the Center for Successful Parenting, designed to provide information on the harmful effects of media violence.
Notable research carried out on behalf of the center includes that by a research team associated with the Indiana University School of Medicine. As presented at a 2011 meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, the researchers found that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans of the brains of young adult males showed that long-term engagement with violent video games is associated with changes in emotional and neurological functioning. Indiana University has conducted multiple ongoing studies of the effects of violence in media. This particular study was the first to demonstrate a direct relationship between participation in playing a violent video game and measurable deficits in the brain. The test subject group consisted of more than two dozen healthy young men in their late teens and 20s. None of them had had previous significant encounters with violent video games. After half the group spent a week playing a shooter-style video game at home, the fMRI scans of their brains showed impairment in the regions responsible for executive-level functioning, cognitive plasticity, emotional self-control, and focused attention. This was in marked contrast to not only the control group, but also the test group after they had refrained from playing the game.
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Indiana-based consultant Thomas Stoughton has worked with learning institutions, businesses, and public sector entities in the course of his 30-year career. An active member of his Indiana community, Thomas Stoughton helped found the Heartland Film Festival. In 2018, Heartland Film incorporated a new event that focuses solely on short films from around the world. Known as Indy Shorts, this festival will celebrate its second annual event at Newfields, in Indianapolis, from July 25 to 28, 2019. Indy Shorts highlights films across seven categories, including Student Film and Animated Short. In identifying finalists and official selections, the festival selection committee evaluates each film for both artistic merit and ability to transcend mere entertainment. Members of this committee include filmmakers from Indiana and beyond. Audiences at Indy Shorts also have the opportunity to name winners for Audience Choice Awards in four categories. Overall, one film in each category takes home a cash prize. Those in the Documentary and Narrative categories also enter into consideration for Academy Awards for Short Films. Interested filmmakers can submit their short films for consideration if they meet several criteria. Among other requirements, films must not exceed a run time of 40 minutes, and filmmakers must provide subtitles for films in languages other than English. |
AuthorThomas Stoughton - Former President of BCI in Indianapolis, Indiana. Archives
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