In your FACE, parents.

Tibs · 02-7-2007, 02:29 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/...ames_vision_dc

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SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters Life!) - Video game addicts, rejoice: U.S. researchers have found that playing is actually good for your eyes, and despite all those dire warnings from your parents, it won't make you blind.

A study by the University of Rochester showed that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved their vision by about 20 percent.

"Action video game play changes the way our brains process visual information," Daphne Bavelier, professor of brain and cognitive sciences, said in the study published on the university's Web site, www.rochester.edu, on Tuesday.

"These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it. That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life."

Bavelier and a graduate student tested college students who had played very few, if any, video games in the last year.

Test subjects were given an eye test similar to the one used at regular eye clinics and then divided into two groups -- one played shoot-em-up action games for an hour a day while the control group played a less visually complex game.

Their vision was tested after the study, with those who played the action game scoring better in the eye test.

The researchers said their findings could help patients with several types of visual defects.

Wlfwnd91 · 02-7-2007, 02:32 PM

Haha, yea, I read about that not long ago. It's freaking awesome. I thought my eyesite started getting a little better lately. Hurray for constant FFR!

**Squeek** · 02-7-2007, 02:44 PM

My prescription on these lenses keeps improving.

Nice to know this is helping.

wickedawesomeful · 02-7-2007, 04:04 PM

I have got to show this to my mom. Maybe she'll let me on here more.

SethSquall · 02-7-2007, 04:12 PM

Awesome. Just awesome. I've had my parents lecture me about this once or twice when I was younger.

**Devilution** · 02-7-2007, 04:14 PM

DUDE this is sweet. I thought playing 6 hours a day was hurting my vision

FluorescentArmy · 02-7-2007, 04:16 PM

I play CS quite a lot. So, I should expect a gradual change in my ability to see? My left eye by itself is quite blurry.

**lumphoboextreme** · 02-7-2007, 04:23 PM

haha nice. i havent noticed a change in my vision either way. but good to know the more i play the better it gets.

Ruu · 02-7-2007, 04:26 PM

Lies, hasn't helped me.

DDR_Jerred · 02-7-2007, 04:49 PM

I've remained at 20/20 my whole life

**chickendude** · 02-7-2007, 04:50 PM

FFR is NOT an action game

Pumble · 02-7-2007, 04:51 PM

I'd like to see the same idea except the researchers study nerds who play wow for ten hours a day.

**lumphoboextreme** · 02-7-2007, 04:52 PM

they could study me.

i play a whole lot of FFR.

Ice wolf · 02-7-2007, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by chickendude

FFR is NOT an action game

It is for me.

HIIIYYYYAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**TheRapingDragon** · 02-7-2007, 07:54 PM

I guess I don't need these glasses anymore.

Awesome.

Bahamut-X · 02-7-2007, 08:01 PM

Every since I started to play more video games than I used to my vision has gone down ALOT. I need to be like 5 feet from the microwave to even read the time without my contacts in.

But whatever you say Mr. Tibs.

Billydude · 02-7-2007, 08:09 PM

Lol that's funny. I wonder if FFR improves your eyesight XD.

Loot You · 02-7-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bahamut-X

Every since I started to play more video games than I used to my vision has gone down ALOT. I need to be like 5 feet from the microwave to even read the time without my contacts in.

But whatever you say Mr. Tibs.

Seconded.

I went from being able to see my comp screen and make out words from 2 feet away to literally needing to be 6 inches away in the past year of heavy gaming.

Upside: I can see through walls now.

Maid · 02-7-2007, 08:13 PM

It might improve your peripheral vision, how quickly you react etc, but staring at your monitor without a break WILL make your vision worse.

Ramengan · 02-7-2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Maid

It might improve your peripheral vision, how quickly you react etc, but staring at your monitor without a break WILL make your vision worse.

Seconded. This did seem kinda obvious to me. It's also good to have a light on when playing video games or on the computer. I should follow my own advice. I can already feel the effects of staring at my screen in the dark.

02-7-2007, 02:32 PM	#2
Wlfwnd91 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Roselle, IL (NW Suburb) Age: 33 Posts: 499	Re: In your FACE, parents. Haha, yea, I read about that not long ago. It's freaking awesome. I thought my eyesite started getting a little better lately. Hurray for constant FFR! __________________

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Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: In your FACE, parents. My prescription on these lenses keeps improving. Nice to know this is helping.

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wickedawesomeful Carls, Girls, & Drugs Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tosh's noose. Age: 31 Posts: 3,888	Re: In your FACE, parents. I have got to show this to my mom. Maybe she'll let me on here more. __________________ http://dozemusic.com/

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Devilution doin' just fine Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 32 Posts: 822	Re: In your FACE, parents. DUDE this is sweet. I thought playing 6 hours a day was hurting my vision

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FluorescentArmy Forum User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Gattrobe, Pistolvania Age: 32 Posts: 1,754	Re: In your FACE, parents. I play CS quite a lot. So, I should expect a gradual change in my ability to see? My left eye by itself is quite blurry. __________________

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lumphoboextreme FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 33 Posts: 8,592	Re: In your FACE, parents. haha nice. i havent noticed a change in my vision either way. but good to know the more i play the better it gets. __________________

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Ruu FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 32 Posts: 70	Re: In your FACE, parents. Lies, hasn't helped me.

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DDR_Jerred FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Carolina (It sucks, especially being from up north...) Age: 33 Posts: 290	Re: In your FACE, parents. I've remained at 20/20 my whole life __________________ First Place Winner of Blazze's Advanced Unofficial Tournament! (By less than a good :P) Average rank - 157.16509433962ish MP level - 22ish MP rank - 18ish AAA's - Only 88 so far (89 including tokens) Latest AAA - FFR

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lumphoboextreme FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 33 Posts: 8,592	Re: In your FACE, parents. they could study me. i play a whole lot of FFR. __________________

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TheRapingDragon A car crash mind Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 9,788	Re: In your FACE, parents. I guess I don't need these glasses anymore. Awesome.

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Bahamut-X FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 32 Posts: 3,399	Re: In your FACE, parents. Every since I started to play more video games than I used to my vision has gone down ALOT. I need to be like 5 feet from the microwave to even read the time without my contacts in. But whatever you say Mr. Tibs.

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