GamingAssassin Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 40 Hrs of Gaming improves vision and can cure Cataract 40 hours of fast-paced action gaming could improve the vision of people born with cataracts, a new study has claimed. According to a psychologist, surgery and contact lenses do not always work, and people experience visual difficulties into adulthood. However, some of these effects can be reversed if the individual follows a short course of 'game therapy'. “After playing an action video game for just 40 hours over four weeks, the patients were better at seeing small print, the direction of moving dots, and the identity of faces,” the Daily Mail quoted Daphne Maurer, a psychologist as saying. Maurer from McMaster University in Canada has researched how vision develops in individuals born with cataracts in both eyes. Previous research found that a 40-hour 'course' of video gaming could be used to treat 'lazy eye' or amblyopia, a brain disorder in which the vision in one eye fails to develop properly. “Those improvements tell us that the adult brain is still plastic enough to be trained to overcome sensory deficiencies,” Maurer said. Maurer is internationally known for her work on 'synaesthetes' - a condition that makes people’s brains link different senses. The study will be presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver, in a session called ‘The Effects of Early Experience on Lifelong Functioning: Commitment and Resilience’. Source : http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/health/merely-40-hours-video-gaming-%E2%80%98can-cure-cataracts%E2%80%99-984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Nah ... I have a cataract and it only gets worse .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 100 hours of gaming cures AIDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Choron ka raja Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 100 hours of gaming cures AIDS! That's why you are so lively, these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 40 hrs might cure cataract, but sit incorrectly and it'll give a nasty neck or back sprain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenswiftie Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 40 hrs might cure cataract, but sit incorrectly and it'll give a nasty neck or back sprain. THIS .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 That's why you are so lively, these days! Could be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtOmX Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 die die die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_rock098 Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 really?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Flash Of The Leaf Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akshay Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Gaming FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irredeemable Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 40 hours of gaming also makes people take guns and shoot people in the face. We dont really want people with cataracts running around with guns now do we? Use your brains people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 BS..i get headache after 3-4 hours of gaming.......Gaming is not good for eyes :| ...I will quit gaming once devs stop making games for 360 and PS3 .I will not buy any nextgen console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irredeemable Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 I will not buy any nextgen console Me neither, but my reasons are different... I jumped into consolol gaming a bit late this gen and have a LOT of games on my list including bayonetta and DMC4 + these days my ps3 has become a movie station thingie for me and watch more movies and series from rented blu rays as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenswiftie Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 BS..i get headache after 3-4 hours of gaming.......Gaming is not good for eyes :| ...I will quit gaming once devs stop making games for 360 and PS3 .I will not buy any nextgen console why what happened .??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_rock098 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 I will not buy any nextgen console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbz_479 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Good Lord!Who told this,Cataract is a permanent change,its either age related senile degeneration or Hydration of lens fibres to be specific which eventually leads to opacity.Its absolutely Treatable with Intraocular lens surgery,but it's still a major cause of blindness in the world. 2 important Notes 1)Nuclear cataract(Lens Nucleus) can increase Near vision due to index myopia(a condition called 2nd sightedness)which will get worse later 2)swollen Cataract can lead to narrow chamber which if any guy neglects & plays too much in dark as we all do leads to far worse condition called Narrow angle Glaucoma Sorry for the lecture,just a word of warning..............Completed Opthalmology Yesterday! ..........Peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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