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Videogames Sharpen Player Vision

Posted by Zonk on from the yay-eye-razors dept.

Via GameSpot, the news on the University of Rochester site is that playing videogames can actually improve your vision. Games, especially action shooters, actually change the way your brain looks at the world. According to the findings of researchers Daphne Bavelier and Shawn Green, visual processing is enhanced through consistent play of complex graphical titles. Simple orientation tests were much easier for a group that played UT, compared to a group that only played Tetris.

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  1. Well almost. by PhilDEE · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I'll eventually need glasses, I'll instead consider turning up the anisotropic filtering in the real world.

  2. Sharpening those eyes so you can murder more. by Lordpidey · · Score: 5, Funny

    These murder simulators even go so far as enhancing the person who trains under them to become a better murderer. We must stop them now because their eyesight is almost good enough to hit us from 1000 yards with no scope. Hurry, lobby congress!

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