Violent video games touted as learning tool

[tyler811]

NEW YORK (AP) — You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots.
Either way, you're playing a video game — and you may be improving your vision and other brain functions, according to research presented Thursday at a New York University conference on games as a learning tool.
"People that play these fast-paced games have better vision, better attention and better cognition," said Daphne Bavelier, an assistant professor in the department of brain and cognitive science at the University of Rochester.

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[Crono]

Left 4 Dead is making me smarter? Unpossible!

Though if true, this will make zombies very happy...

 

[Colt45]

I used to have tetris dreams when I was a kid. That's gotta stick, I suppose.

 

[ShawnD1]

Xbox Live teaches kids what working in an office next to a retard is like. Just pray your kid isn't that retard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmQtSeDnMUw


apparently this one is actually real
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJVEpPc89NQ&feature=related

 

[tyler811]

I used to have tetris dreams when I was a kid. That's gotta stick, I suppose.

:hmm: