Last Updated (Monday, 18 August 2008 08:38) Written by Elvyra Monday, 18 August 2008 07:55
We always knew that gamers were smarter than the average human, despite all the whacko Jackos and anti-gaming "psychologists" telling the world different. According to them we're all moronic idiots, capable of drooling and only speaking in paraphrase. Well, it's just not so.
There's been a bit more research done that proves that playing computer games actually increases peoples' capability to solve problems in Math and Science, amongst other things. The findings were announced at the APA (American Phsychological Association) Convention in Boston this last week. Some things that were said was that World of Warcraft can actually improve scientific thinking, among many other things.
“There are some very compelling cases that video-game playing leads to advanced problem-solving in math, science, and spatial skills,” said Fordham University psychologist Fran C. Blumberg. “I do think it has benefits.”
Who knew? Well, maybe gamers did and now actual scientists are listening. Consider this little tidbit of surprising information:
Laparoscopic surgeons who play video games are 27 percent faster at advanced surgical procedures and made 37 percent fewer errors than non-gamers.
WHAT?! You mean to tell me that the guys who remove tumors using tiny cameras that look inside the human body through tiny holes so that there's less bleeding, are BETTER if they play video games? That's amazing! The next time I ever have to go to a surgeon, my first question will be, "Hey doc. Before you open me up and pull out my insides, do you by chance play EVE Online or Warhammer? How about a little WoW?...You do? Great! Open me up!"
Fifteen years of research on video-game playing among high school and college students compiled by Douglas A. Gentile, PhD, of Iowa State University’s Media Research Lab, point to several dimensions of video-game play that may have effects on learning and skill development...In fact, Gentile noted, a surgeon’s frequency of video-game play seems to be a better predictor of suturing skills than their years of medical training or the number of surgeries they’ve performed.
This is actually really good news and we should hope that more research will go into the beneficial effects of PC and video gaming. To read more on the effects of gaming and surgery, check out this article, it's really quite interesting and not full of all that medical mumbo jumbo.
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