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Conference Brings Together Surgery and Video Games

Posted by michael on from the extract-funnybone-for-$200 dept.

obchrisj writes "FileFront has an interesting write-up on the theory that people who play video games become better surgeons. Quotes from Dr. James C. Rosser Jr., the man behind the idea, and details from the 'Video Game/Entertainment Industry Technology and Medicine' 2004 conference are included."

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  1. Video Games Calm kids before Surgery as well... by shamowfski · · Score: 3, Informative

    And sort of related, this article at cnn shows how video games help to calm children before surgery.