From a CNN report on a new study published in Nature:
“Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently.”
According to the researchers, their “findings suggest that video games could be used to… train soldiers for combat.” Now that’s news! (No word though on whether playing too much Pac Man leads to obesity.)