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Article: Study: Some Video Games Boost Perception
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- May 28, 2003
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Action-packed video games may offer more than just entertainment: They
may make you sharper, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults
who regularly played action-based video games showed better visual
skills than those who didn't.
Also, they were better able to keep track of objects appearing simultaneously
and processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently, said
the study's co-author, Daphne Bavelier, an associate professor of
brain and cognitive sciences.
People who don't usually play video games but were trained to play
fantasy games showed enhanced visual perception, suggesting that video
games may ...