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Researchers found that surgeons who played video games immediately before the drill completed it an average of 11 seconds faster than those who did not. Any errors committed during the training lengthened the time it took to complete the task -- indicating that faster finishers made fewer mistakes.

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I wonder how many med students are going to flunk out of med school because of this study.
 

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Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
 
Actually, I'm not sure if I'd want my surgeon to be all twitchy from Halo.

This is interesting. I was under the impression that the whole "video games improve hand-eye coordination" thing had been debunked.
 

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Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
 
I wonder how it would be debunked. I mean, almost anything a human does repeatedly becomes easier with practice. You'd think that manipulating fine controls with the hands in response to visual input wouldn't be an exception ...
 

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Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
 
Thats why my mom lets me play video games. Her dream is for me to be a surgeon when i grow up.
 

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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
 
When I had an apendectomy as a six year old, I specially requested that my IV be moved so that I could use that hand for video games (the days of the original nintendo).

I always had very good hand eye coordination, I don't know if the massive amount of nintendo was the cause or not.

I do know that at the Teen center where I work now, there is one kid who has a phychiatrists subscription of an hour of video games every day to improve his concentration. Go figure.
 

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Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
 

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I wonder how it would be debunked. I mean, almost anything a human does repeatedly becomes easier with practice. You'd think that manipulating fine controls with the hands in response to visual input wouldn't be an exception ...

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