News Flash: Video games boost visual skills

[petek]

I know that the Evil Machine's driver, Steve, said he played a lot of video games so this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who saw him drive this year!

In this week's Nature magazine is an article (sorry, $ub$cription required) about research which measured the effect that playing video games has on a person's ability to identify and track multiple objects simultaneously.

"Game-players react to fast-moving objects more efficiently, explains Bavelier, and can track up to five objects at a time - 30% more than non-players. "They can process more information more quickly over time," she says."

Hmmm, maybe we should think about driver training and conditioning in the offseason... Don't suppose too many drivers would object to having to play Medal of Honor or Grand Theft Auto as part of their team obligation!