Oh good, maybe all those hours playing Doom were actually good for me.
Remember when your mom told you that you shouldn’t sit so close to the TV, or you’d ruin your eyes? Did you ever think to tell her that correlation does not imply causation? Did you ever point out that maybe you sat close to the TV because your vision was already bad?
No? Well, now you can throw this study in her face. According to researchers at Rochester University in New York and Goldschleger Eye Research Institute and Tel Aviv University, playing the right video games can actually make your eyesight better. At least by one narrow measure.
According to an article on the website LiveScience:
Video games with lots of action, such as the shoot-’em-up variety, can improve your vision…. Players became up to 58 percent better at perceiving fine contrast differences in the tests.
“If you are driving at dusk with light fog it could make the difference between seeing the car in front of you or not seeing it,” study leader Daphne Bavelier [said].
That’s important because most people didn’t think perception of contrast even could be improved.
(via Slashdot)
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