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Video Gamers See the World Differently
trendspotter points out this research from Duke University:
"Hours spent at the video gaming console not only train a player's hands to work the buttons on the controller, they probably also train the brain to make better and faster use of visual input, according to Duke University researchers (abstract). 'Gamers see the world differently,' said Greg Appelbaum, an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Duke School of Medicine. 'They are able to extract more information from a visual scene.' ... Each participant was run though a visual sensory memory task that flashed a circular arrangement of eight letters for just one-tenth of a second. After a delay ranging from 13 milliseconds to 2.5 seconds, an arrow appeared, pointing to one spot on the circle where a letter had been. Participants were asked to identify which letter had been in that spot. At every time interval, intensive players of action video games outperformed non-gamers in recalling the letter."
I thought they sat in a dark room all day with a black t-shirt that says do not expose to sun.
Breaking news: gamers better at playing games.
Exactly. I wonder how good they would be at identifying objects in a more natural environment. Drop a bunch of gamers off in the country, give them certain visual/memory tasks, and see if they perform better than a group of non-gamers.
"How many horses are standing in the shade under the tree?"
"Is the corn crib to the right or left of the barn?"
"What gauge shotgun is the farmer shooting at you with from his porch?
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That farmer couldn't even quickscope. lol, what a noob.
Only on
There's nothing preventing a video game player from playing in sports and having adequate physical activity. After all, even extreme athletes know there is a rest period.
Yes, but do extreme gamers know that?
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I drive at full throttle at all times, lane splitting on the median and using only the handbrake for those times I need to round sharp corners. I run over hundreds of pedestrians, most of whom get right back up and simply curse at me. When the cops come, I drive outside their search radius and they call it off.
Vidya games have taught me well.
They should make it so the first post cannot be anonymous.
It should come with a first post pre attached.
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I'm taking back my original copies of Duke Nukem and Doom, and trading them in for a realistic game like Mortal Combat or World of Warcraft.
Oh come on. You can't play those games with only one thumb.
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