According to researchers, playing fast paced video games may help to improve the vision of people born with cataracts.
According to a leading Canadian psychologist, surgery and contact lenses do not always work, however there is a way to reverse the effects of sight loss with a simple course of gaming.
Playing games for medical reasons, also known as ‘game therapy’, may seem a bit unorthodox, however the researchers claim the effects can be seen in less than four weeks.
“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,” said psychologist Daphne Maurer.
The work that the researchers carried out helps to show that adult brains are still plastic enough to be trained to overcome sensory deficiencies.
Plus it will be a handy excuse for when the next Call of Duty comes out.
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