Sunday, May 30, 2010

Violent Video Games Touted As Learning Tool


TAKE THAT, non-gamers! ....

"He added that students who played "pro-social" games that promote cooperation were more likely than others to help out in real-life situations like intervening when someone is being harassed."
REALLY!? I don't normally associate nerdy-gamers with helpy-helpers

"Bavelier said playing the kill-or-be-killed games can improve peripheral vision and the ability to see objects at dusk, and the games can even be used to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, a disorder characterized by indistinct vision in one eye"
Is it just me or do other people also think that these professors are being 'sponsored' by the video games lobbyists?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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