Full FeedPlaying action games may improve eye sight by 20%
A report was released today that’ll be good news for all the gamers out there that have significant others telling them to stop gaming. Besides past studies that have proven that gaming improves hand-eye coordination, a new study has come out saying that playing video games helps improve vision by up to 20%. More specifically, the study lists action games, such as Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 2142, and Counter-Strike as the games most likely to improve a person’s vision.
The study tested two different games, the classic Tetris game, along with Unreal Tournament. Tetris had almost no effect on the eye sight of its players, while Unreal Tournament gave its players a 20% boost in eye sight. The test was conducted at the University of Rochester.
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on February 7, 2007 at 07:23 AM - LINKDavid
I tend to not fully agree with your post, I think you need to relax your eyes in order to create better eyesight. Doing a game is not exactly relaxing for your eyes.
Yet I’m not saying it’s bad. I’m the author of http://www.seeingwithoutglasses.com
on August 3, 2007 at 01:32 PM - LINKSo, I have to play action games everyday hehe :)
on July 8, 2008 at 12:05 PM - LINKHah, thats a pretty interesting post, who would have thought that playing video games would better your eyesight?
Good news for me a 30 year old gamer. :)
Speaking of games, here is some new information regarding the new action game from zipper interactive.
<a href = “http://skateass.com/wordpress/mag-massive-action-game-information-and-things-known”>MAG: Massive Action Game Information</a>
on September 30, 2008 at 02:38 AM - LINKoops, i guess html isn’t allowed.
the link is.
http://skateass.com/wordpress/mag-massive-action-game-information-and-things-known
on September 30, 2008 at 02:39 AM - LINKWow, I would love to see this study run again as I really doubt the accuracy of the results. So if I employ a game cheat, and load myself up with super weapons making it easier to kill the bad guys does my vision decrease becasue I don;t have to concentrate as hard?
on November 12, 2008 at 01:45 AM - LINKBasically, that was a research on playing game in University of Rochester. It was a positive research to play game. I knew also that concentration power along with eye sight increased by playing action games. If you want to develop your mind in research or some others serious type of work then speed of game should analysis.
Thanks
on May 8, 2009 at 05:33 AM - LINKhttp://newgamereviews.edublogs.org/