Study: Video game play may improve eyesight

[Airbot]

Playing action video games may help adults improve their eyesight, according to a study released Sunday.

People who used a video-game training program saw improvements in their contrast sensitivity, or the ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The training could be beneficial to people who have amblyopia--commonly known as lazy eye--and those who have trouble seeing while driving at night, the study said.


"Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means getting glasses or eye surgery--somehow changing the optics of the eye," Daphne Bavelier, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester, said in a statement. "But we've found that action video games train the brain to process the existing visual information more efficiently, and the improvements last for months after game play stopped."

more: CNET News

 

[skunksmash]

great......., i should have 20/20 vision, if not better by now....lol








SK

 

[Mark]

LOL, it's a good reason to keep playing even more.

 

[PhoneyVirus]

I heard this a long time ago but every gamer needs good eye site. Listen to you mother Boy and eat those carrots.

 

[tassan]

I heard this a long time ago but every gamer needs good eye site. Listen to you mother Boy and eat those carrots.

lol i love carrots.

but i wear glasses of aprroximately 2.5 value lol