05-29-2003, 06:19 PM
Quote:Still, he noted that an increased capacity for visual attention was helpful in tasks as diverse as flying, driving, radiology and airport screening.
Not to mention slinging burgers at Macdonald's.
Fascinating. I wonder if the additional "benefits" of being overweight, combative, socially-challenged and a pronounced ability to remain hidden in their parents' basement for 30+ years weigh in too?
Quote:The professor and her student decided to study the connection between video game playing and visual attention. They carried out four experiments on undergraduates, all of them male because no female shooter game fans could be found on campus.
TONS of implications in that statement.
Quote:Only the shooter game improved visual attention, Dr. Bavelier said, and it did so in both sexes. Among novices, the effects waned within a couple of months, but superior visual attention skills seemed firmly rooted in game addicts.
Right. And the ability to be able to identify 10 flashed objects over 4 is sufficient to override the other aspects of life... like not being stuck for an answer when someone says "Hello".
Would you like fries with that?
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.