Video Games Are The Cure……What Is The Problem?
Posted in While many groups have criticised the video gaming industry for the damage caused to the eyes and lives of children in particular, a recent study has found out that there may be benefits to “moderate” use of video games. How can this be?
A study by researchers in the US has identified a number of benefits to playing video games, not least the stimulation to both the eyes and the brain. It seems that action video games in particular change the way in which our brains process visual information, making the brain more alert to surrounding visuals and able to process changes quicker.
The researchers took a group of graduate students and gave them eye tests prior to the study. The group was then split into two and one group was exposed to a degree of video game playing, with the other left to lead normal lives. After a pre-determined time period the groups then returned to under go another round of eye tests. Remarkably the group who had been exposed to video gaming scored higher in the second eye test, while the other group showed no change compared to the initial tests.
Researchers are now speculating that it may be possible to use video games to assist and correct a number of eye conditions, increasing alertness and responsiveness along the way. Let the games begin….
