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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Violent video games touted as learning tool

Maybe not. Point:
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.
Counterpoint:

Does this look like someone who sees better and is cognizant of how they look and what they have done to their body?

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