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    Action video games that involve a high level of visual-motor coordination, such as first-person shooter games, can improve a person's real-world vision abilities, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester. The study found that regular players of action video games showed a 58% improvement in their ability to discern slight differences in shades of gray compared to those who did not play such games. This contrasts with previous beliefs that contrast sensitivity cannot be improved. The researchers believe action games train the brain to process visual information more efficiently, and these improvements can last for months after gameplay.

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    Action video games that involve a high level of visual-motor coordination, such as first-person shooter games, can improve a person's real-world vision abilities, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester. The study found that regular players of action video games showed a 58% improvement in their ability to discern slight differences in shades of gray compared to those who did not play such games. This contrasts with previous beliefs that contrast sensitivity cannot be improved. The researchers believe action games train the brain to process visual information more efficiently, and these improvements can last for months after gameplay.

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    Action video games that involve a high level of visual-motor coordination, such as first-person shooter games, can improve a person's real-world vision abilities, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester. The study found that regular players of action video games showed a 58% improvement in their ability to discern slight differences in shades of gray compared to those who did not play such games. This contrasts with previous beliefs that contrast sensitivity cannot be improved. The researchers believe action games train the brain to process visual information more efficiently, and these improvements can last for months after gameplay.

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    MEDIACONTACT:JonathanSherwoodjonathan.sherwood@rochester.edu
    585.273.4726
    March29,2009

    ActionVideoGamesImproveVision
    AbilitytoPerceiveChangesinShadesofGrayImprovesupto58Percent
    Videogamesthatinvolvehighlevelsofaction,suchasfirstpersonshootergames,increaseaplayer'srealworld
    vision,accordingtoresearchintoday'sNatureNeuroscience.
    Theabilitytodiscernslightdifferencesinshadesofgrayhaslongbeenthoughttobeanattributeofthehuman
    visualsystemthatcannotbeimproved.ButDaphneBavelier,professorofbrainandcognitivesciencesatthe
    UniversityofRochester,hasdiscoveredthatverypracticedactiongamersbecome58percentbetteratperceiving
    finedifferencesincontrast.
    "Normally,improvingcontrastsensitivitymeansgettingglassesoreyesurgerysomehowchangingtheopticsof
    theeye,"saysBavelier."Butwe'vefoundthatactionvideogamestrainthebraintoprocesstheexistingvisual
    informationmoreefficiently,andtheimprovementslastformonthsaftergameplaystopped."
    ThefindingbuildsonBavelier'spastworkthathasshownthatactionvideogamesdecreasevisualcrowdingand
    increasesvisualattention.Contrastsensitivity,shesays,istheprimarylimitingfactorinhowwellapersoncansee.
    Baveliersaysthatthefindingsshowthatactionvideogametrainingmaybeausefulcomplementtoeyecorrection
    techniques,sincegametrainingmayteachthevisualcortextomakebetteruseoftheinformationitreceives.
    Tolearnwhetherhighactiongamescouldaffectcontrastsensitivity,Bavelier,incollaborationwithgraduate
    studentRenjieLiandcolleaguesWaltMakous,professorofbrainandcognitivesciencesattheUniversityof
    Rochester,andUriPolat,professorattheEyeInstituteatTelAvivUniversity,testedthecontrastsensitivity
    functionof22students,thendividedthemintotwogroups:Onegroupplayedtheactionvideogames"Unreal
    Tournament2004"and"CallofDuty2."Thesecondgroupplayed"TheSims2,"whichisarichlyvisualgame,but
    doesnotincludethelevelofvisualmotorcoordinationoftheothergroup'sgames.Thevolunteersplayed50hours
    oftheirassignedgamesoverthecourseof9weeks.Attheendofthetraining,thestudentswhoplayedtheaction
    gamesshowedanaverage43%improvementintheirabilitytodiscerncloseshadesofgrayclosetothedifference
    shehadpreviouslyobservedbetweengameplayersandnongameplayerswhereastheSimsplayersshowed
    none.
    "Tothebestofourknowledge,thisisthefirstdemonstrationthatcontrastsensitivitycanbeimprovedbysimple
    training,"saysBavelier."Whenpeopleplayactiongames,they'rechangingthebrain'spathwayresponsiblefor
    visualprocessing.Thesegamespushthehumanvisualsystemtothelimitsandthebrainadaptstoit,andwe've
    seenthepositiveeffectremainseventwoyearsafterthetrainingwasover."
    Baveliersaysthatthefindingssuggestthatdespitethemanyconcernsabouttheeffectsofactionvideogamesand
    thetimespentinfrontofacomputerscreen,thattimemaynotnecessarilybeharmful,atleastforvision.
    Bavelierisnowtakingwhatshehaslearnedwithhervideogameresearchandcollaboratingwithaconsortiumof
    researcherstolookintotreatmentsforamblyopia,aproblemcausedbypoortransmissionofthevisualimagetothe
    brain.
    ThisresearchwasfundedbytheNationalEyeInstituteandtheOfficeofNavalResearch.

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    Rochester,N.Y.,theUniversitygivesstudentsexceptionalopportunitiesforinterdisciplinarystudyandclose
    collaborationwithfacultythroughitsuniqueclusterbasedcurriculum.ItsCollegeofArts,Sciences,and
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    Education,LaboratoryforLaserEnergetics,SchoolsofMedicineandNursing,andtheMemorialArtGallery.
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