Playing Video Games Improves Vision.

Posted by Alex in Medicine, Toy & Video Games on February 8, 2007 at 1:28 am


Next time your parents tell you that video games are good for nothing, tell them that they can improve your vision:

Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved by about 20 percent in their ability to identify letters presented in clutter—a visual acuity test similar to ones used in regular ophthalmology clinics.

In essence, playing video game improves your bottom line on a standard eye chart.

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One comment to "Playing Video Games Improves Vision."

  1. l'elk maître!
    February 8th, 2007 at 9:54 am

    no wonder i have such bad vision and still work just fine without glasses. but on the other hand, i think those years and years of standing close to the tv playing videogames was the reason my vision got bad in the first place.


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