A psychology student at [URL=https://www.weber.edu/]Weber State University[/URL] in Ogden, Utah recently conducted a study of gamers which showed that playing games helped to increase their visual response and alertness.

Christian Peterson, a senior at the school, put 50 students through Halo 3 sessions that ran 20, 40 or 60 minutes, [URL=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700023421/Weber-State-University-researcher-Christian-Petersen-discovers-good-of-gaming.html]reports the Deseret News[/URL]. The participants had already taken a visual-responsiveness test before their gaming session, and were asked to take it again post-Halo 3.

Peterson reported on the results, “We found a great increase in ability to spot changes in visual field after playing the video game.” Visual response and alertness also “increased significantly” when comparing pre and post-game visual test results. The length of time spent playing Halo 3 appeared to have no effect on visual test results.
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