All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Counter-Strike" may sharpen your mind.
Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently.
To rule out the possibility that visually adept people are simply drawn to video games, the researchers conducted a second experiment. They found that people who do not normally play video games but were trained to play them developed enhanced visual perception.
Useful to train soldiers?
Exactly why video games have this effect is not clear. The researchers said more study is needed.
They said the findings suggest that video games could be used to help visually impaired patients see better or to train soldiers for combat.
The study was published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature and was led by Daphne Bavelier, an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences.
News source: CNN
Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently.
To rule out the possibility that visually adept people are simply drawn to video games, the researchers conducted a second experiment. They found that people who do not normally play video games but were trained to play them developed enhanced visual perception.
Useful to train soldiers?
Exactly why video games have this effect is not clear. The researchers said more study is needed.
They said the findings suggest that video games could be used to help visually impaired patients see better or to train soldiers for combat.
The study was published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature and was led by Daphne Bavelier, an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences.
News source: CNN
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PS: I'm not kidding here. list all you can think of plz.
Well anyway, everytime I go to somewhere like a old estate or dockyards I just automatically imagine what it would be like lying on that high point rooftop with a sniper rifle helping covering my team from enemy fire and occasionally I would shout out "TAKING FIRE NEED SOME HELP" or "THEY'RE A BUNCH OF COWARDS!" or "I'VE SEEN FRENCH SCHOOL GIRLS SHOOT BETTER" at which point someone will change their name rediculously to "FrenchSchoolGirl" and go on a killing spree :lol:
What did they think? Video games are for ultra lazy people who sit there like a vegtable staring blankly at nothing, just randomly pushing the buttons on the controller?
Too bad playing video games don't make you realize stuff that has been know for MANY years already hehe.
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but then all these years i play games are not wasted it.
But this is like a double-edge sword. I mean people can learn how to use weapons and stuff like that in video games and use it in real life. If this study has been approved and can increase our thinking and visual alot of people gonna play video games such as FPS with bloody and so real combat.
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