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Passion for video games in the genre "Action" significantly improves the contrast of view, even in adults. First the professional players, and then at a relatively healthy volunteers, the authors published in Nature Neuroscience has demonstrated the advantage of the genre "Action" on the RPG and strategies. Fans of "shooters" had a much better contrast vision in comparison with the population on average and with other players in particular.
Contrast vision - is the ability to notice even the slightest changes of shadows and shades of gray on a homogeneous background. It becomes especially important when driving a car while driving or in low light. This feature is one of the first to suffer during aging and with amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye".
Noting the improvement of the pros, colleagues decided to conduct a "treatment" have not prone to video games for adults. Experienced team of over 9 weeks, playing Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty 2, and the control of law-abiding citizens brought up in the Sims 2. In the second case, after 50 hours of games no change visual function were noted, but from the masters rifles, flame throwers and other laser vision improved in contrast 0,16-0,20 logarithmic units, ie 43-58%. How is the result of constant and requires a further "training" to keep in shape - will show additional research, they also planned to establish a mechanism for improvement.
This is not the first time that scientists have found favor in video games, used for the fans of that genre "Action" was noted improvement in the ability to "isolate" the important elements in the field of view. However, mindful of the cases of excessive aggression by zloupotrebeniya computing a reality, this approach should be used only in adults.