Unreal Tournament og Call of Duty er bedre for dine øjne end The Sims. Det er konklusionen på en undersøgelse foretaget af professor Daphne Bavelier fra University of Rochester (New York) og refereret af Scientific American. Der har i flere år været forsket i computerspils evner til at forbedre den måde hjernen genkender mønstre på, men nu synes det også bevist, at dit syn kan blive forbedret ved at spille actionspil og især spil indenfor fps-genren. Det er mere specifikt en forøgelse af øjets kontrastfølsomhed, som Bavelier og hendes hold har opdaget i forbindelse med computerspillene.

Bavelier and her colleagues discovered that expert video game players who favor games filled with action (viewed from the first-person point of view) have better contrast sensitivity than those who play games involving puzzles or some other less intense activity. To determine whether action-packed video games, as opposed to some other factor, were the reason for the enhanced contrast sensitivity the researchers chose subjects without a lot of experience playing shooter, sports or driving simulation video games and had them develop their skills over 50 hours of play (spanning eight to 10 weeks). Those who played the action-packed video games such as Unreal Tournament 2004 by Atari and Call of Duty 2 by Infinity Ward experienced an improvement in contrast sensitivity, while those playing The Sims 2 by Electronic Arts did not.

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