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Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:46 am
by DW_Wraith
I found this article today....interesting....it specifically mentions unreal tournament 2004 and call of duty. On a funnier note, playing the sims did
not help to improve your vision!!!
http://www.livescience.com/health/09032 ... ision.html
In the new study, her team tested the contrast sensitivity function of 22 students, then divided them into two groups: One group played the action video games "Unreal Tournament 2004" and "Call of Duty 2." The other played "The Sims 2," which is richly visual, but does not require as much visual-motor coordination.
The volunteers each played 50 hours during the 9-week test. Then their vision was tested again.
Those who played the action games showed an average 43 percent improvement in their ability to discern close shades of gray — close to the difference Bavelier had previously observed between game players and non-game players — whereas the Sims players showed no improvement.
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Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:57 am
by Inspector
Well then I as well as many others should have the vision of a hawk :cyclopsani:
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:14 pm
by DW_Wraith
whereas the Sims players showed no improvement.
I just keep chuckling when I read the last line of the quote about the people who were assigned to play "TheSims" and not having any improvement in their vision. So in other words, you cannot improve with just any old game...UT2004 or COD2 are proven vision improvers....lol
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:52 pm
by Jon!
for the rcord mashing also increases your touch-typing speed :P
well, you do notice how you're subconsciously flicking around the screen with your eyes :compress:
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:47 pm
by DW_KarmaKat
I -knew- there had to be some good coming out of all the time I've invested in UT and CoD!!
WoooooHoooo!!! :thumbright:
An interesting side note...Mr. T and I both went to the eye doctor last week...he had a little trouble with the depth perception test ( you know..the one where they show you the 3D images that are in grayscale dots)...whereas I breezed right through mine! Proof!! LOL!!!
KKat
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:38 am
by Frag_Fodder
DW_KarmaKat wrote:An interesting side note...Mr. T and I both went to the eye doctor last week...he had a little trouble with the depth perception test ( you know..the one where they show you the 3D images that are in grayscale dots)...whereas I breezed right through mine! Proof!! LOL!!!
KKat
You're married to Mr. T...? OOoooo I pity de foooool!!! :cyclopsani:
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:05 am
by DW_KarmaKat
Frag_Fodder wrote:You're married to Mr. T...? OOoooo I pity de foooool!!! :cyclopsani:
::ahem:: You pity Mr. T for being married to me?!?
Or...would you rather I be all new age feminist and call him Mr. Kat? :cat:
;)
KKat
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:39 pm
by Frag_Fodder
meh I thought I was doin my best A-Team member impersonation...guess I won't quit my day job! :joker:
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:14 am
by kaeolian
Some one call for Mr.T :cheers:
I always knew my UT time was well spent, who cares what my parents said :thumbleft:
Re: Playing Games is good for your eyes!
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:24 pm
by DW_KarmaKat
kaeolian wrote:Some one call for Mr.T :cheers:
I always knew my UT time was well spent, who cares what my parents said :thumbleft:
KAE!!! We miss you, dude!!! Ya need to stop into Vent and catch us all up on what's been happening!! :bounce:
KKat