Research: First-Person Shooter Games Can Improve Eyesight
Research: First-Person Shooter Games Can Improve Eyesight
March 30, 2009
Playing first-person shooters can enhance visual acuity, according to researchers at the University of Rochester.
As reported by Scientific American:
[Research subjects] who played the action-packed video games such as Unreal Tournament 2004 by Atari and Call of Duty 2 by Infinity Ward experienced an improvement in contrast sensitivity, while those playing The Sims 2 by Electronic Arts did not.
The latest research stands out from the previous experiments because contrast sensitivity is something that people thought could not be changed naturally, [Prof. Daphne] Bavelier says... Games that best improved contrast sensitivity were those that were unpredictable and required the player to aim at different targets, quickly deciding friend from foe before firing their weapon. "You always need to be alert and analyze what's going on," she adds...
Prof. Bavelier hopes to use the research to help those who suffer from amblyopia , also known as "lazy eye."
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Posted 02/09/10 at 03:51pm
DarkSaber: I think he just goes round the internet copy+pasting the same bollocks to get attention.
DarkSaber: I think he just goes round the internet copy+pasting the same bollocks to get attention.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:41pm
Valdearg: @DS: I have to admit, I chuckled when I saw the 4 Feb 2010 on that post.. >.<
Valdearg: @DS: I have to admit, I chuckled when I saw the 4 Feb 2010 on that post.. >.<
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:31pm
DarkSaber: Hm, Bioshock. Not that Zippy likes to beat the dead horse by ranting about it for TWO $&%£ING YEARS!
DarkSaber: Hm, Bioshock. Not that Zippy likes to beat the dead horse by ranting about it for TWO $&%£ING YEARS!
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:30pm
DarkSaber: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.173063-Bioshock-yet-another-zippy-rant
DarkSaber: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.173063-Bioshock-yet-another-zippy-rant
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:20pm
DarkSaber: Although, unsurprisingly, he's just being called an idiot alot and criticised for being as illegible as always.
DarkSaber: Although, unsurprisingly, he's just being called an idiot alot and criticised for being as illegible as always.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:18pm
DarkSaber: Oh good lord, I just found Zippy on The Escapist.
DarkSaber: Oh good lord, I just found Zippy on The Escapist.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:14pm
Valdearg: IE: Male body/Female Mind or Female Body/Male Mind.
Valdearg: IE: Male body/Female Mind or Female Body/Male Mind.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:13pm
Valdearg: @Zip: TG == Transgendered/Transsexual.
Valdearg: @Zip: TG == Transgendered/Transsexual.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:09pm
DarkSaber: Forget it Zippy, it's an abbreviation of a big word and so would be wasted on you
DarkSaber: Forget it Zippy, it's an abbreviation of a big word and so would be wasted on you
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:07pm
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:....TG?
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:....TG?
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:02pm
Valdearg: @DS: Im sure that's what they'd do if it wasn't legal to just tell Gays/TG's to "Screw off," just because they're who they are.
Valdearg: @DS: Im sure that's what they'd do if it wasn't legal to just tell Gays/TG's to "Screw off," just because they're who they are.
Posted 02/09/10 at 02:50pm
DarkSaber: Whoever told him/her/it that is dumb. They should have done like most companies and made-up some bullshit, yet legal, reason for it not getting the job.
DarkSaber: Whoever told him/her/it that is dumb. They should have done like most companies and made-up some bullshit, yet legal, reason for it not getting the job.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:16pm
Andrew Eisen: Shouldn't be. Spirit of anti-discrimination laws would seem to include sexual orientation (and eye color). Plus there's always equal protection and such. Never know until you try.
Andrew Eisen: Shouldn't be. Spirit of anti-discrimination laws would seem to include sexual orientation (and eye color). Plus there's always equal protection and such. Never know until you try.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:10pm
Andrew Eisen: Should have sued (unless that wasn't an option given her financial situation or something). Might have won.
Andrew Eisen: Should have sued (unless that wasn't an option given her financial situation or something). Might have won.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:00pm
Valdearg: Story about a Male to Female TG who was expressly told she wouldn't be given a job because she was TG. Its not the main point of the story, but explicit, perfectly legal discrimination like this exists.
Valdearg: Story about a Male to Female TG who was expressly told she wouldn't be given a job because she was TG. Its not the main point of the story, but explicit, perfectly legal discrimination like this exists.
Posted 02/09/10 at 12:53pm
Valdearg: Lol, I don't know. It may very well be legal to do so. Though that might able to fall under the "race" restriction, depending on how that point is argued.
Valdearg: Lol, I don't know. It may very well be legal to do so. Though that might able to fall under the "race" restriction, depending on how that point is argued.
Posted 02/09/10 at 12:51pm
Valdearg: I don't think they do have any legal recourse. I'll have to dig around, but I seriously believe that if the law doesn't specifically mention Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, they can still be discriminated against in those 29 states.
Valdearg: I don't think they do have any legal recourse. I'll have to dig around, but I seriously believe that if the law doesn't specifically mention Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, they can still be discriminated against in those 29 states.
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Here we go again...
---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
Wait. "Here we go again..." what?
"HEY! LISTEN!"
Called it.....!
It comes to show what many of us knew all along;
We kick (well, shoot...) ass!
We need more optimistic research as this, so people can finally shut the Hell up.
But I don't like FPS games!
There are more broader studies indicating action games help with eye hand coordination, and the fields depth on 3D games in general are enough to simulate the environments in FPSs so so one could say gaming improves your eye brain information organization.
Unless its a handheld think all you for your trouble is a headache :P
Gore,Violence,Sexauilty,Fear,Emotion these are but modes of transportation of story and thought, to take them from society you create a society of children and nannys, since adults are not required.
http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com
I saw this on Kotaku, and Google news via my Life with Playstation off my PS3. Glad to hear video game are getting good reps instead of bad one. Even if people are skeptics about this.
Didn't we already have a study that said that games improve spatial reasoning? This makes since as games make you think on your feet and you have to decide in moments whether to shoot or not.
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Then I have Videogames to thank for my Dodgeball-ing goodness when I was younger. Thank you Team Fortress Classic and Jedi Academy!
I must say, I always assumed it was the opposite. Just as prolonged periods of stressing your eyes while looking at a computer screen was thought to cause damage in the long term, I kind of figured it was the same with FPS's, or any game, really. That is good news, though, and the whole lazy eye thing is pretty cool!
Considering that you need to keep an eye out for subtle movements and cluce about where your enemy is, then I can see how this works.
Well it's good to see some positives about gaming instead of the negative usual right-wing meida tripe.
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What seest thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?
The gaming critics don't always come from the right-wing. Lieberman and Clinton are Dems, for example.
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Just wanted to point out that Lieberman is not a Dem. He is an independent, and, in fact, campaigned for John McCain during this previous election. That being said, Hayabusa is right in that not all gaming critics are right wing. In fact, most true conservatives believe in Parental responsibility over government legislation. Thats not to say they are right on any OTHER issue though :)