By Tyler Lee

Video games always take their fair share of hits from researchers and the media for basically being the fall of civilization as we know it. That in mind, it’s nice to see some research that shows video games is a more helpful light.

Daphne Maurer of McMaster University in Canada put together a study consisting of six patients that were stricken with lifelong cataract disorders. In the study, Maurer had them play Medal of Honor for a total 40 hours over a one month period. The subjects/patients were instructed to play the game five days a week for a total of two hours a day.

After the allotted time, researchers found that five out of the six patients had improvements in their eyesight.

Some of the researchers believe that playing first-person shooters effect the level of Dopamine and Adrenaline that is released, causing the brain to become more active and effectively increasing the individuals visual accuracy.

It should be refreshing to many gamers for this type of research to be taking center stage at this time. Though, many people will still see video game violence as a detrimental factor to society, perhaps this kind of research can sway a few people to thinking that games can’t be all bad.

[Source: Digital Trends]