First-Person Shooters Improve Eyesight
LiveScience reports on a study which concluded that “action video games that involve firing guns can improve your eyesight”:
A group of 10 male college students who started out as non-gamers and then received 30 hours of training on first-person action video games showed a substantial increase in their ability to see objects accurately in a cluttered space, compared to 10 non-gamers given the same test, said Daphne Bevelier of the University of Rochester.
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First-person action games helped study subjects improve their spatial resolution, meaning their ability to clearly see small, closely packed together objects, such as letters, she said. Game-playing actually changes the way our brains process visual information. […]
I think this may be just the motivation I need to play Doom 3 more often — it’s for my own good, right? ;).
Dear IRS,
For 2006, my deductions are as follows:
$50-Doom 3
$50-Call of Duty 2
$50-Lego Star Wars (why not?)
$2000-Soop3r gaming rig
All listed items are used exclusively in my home office for educational and training purposes.
Good call, Mike! Just in time for tax season :).
Well, I’m not exactly sure that 20 participants makes up a comprehinsive study but any excuse that leads to more game time is good enough for me.
i have palyed first person games for 1-2 years and it only made my eyesight poor. Do u have any answer?