Daphne Bavelier is a brain scientist that is studying the effect of playing violent video games has on the gamer. Contrary to popular notion she claims that videos games can improve the eyesight of the gamer. This she claims is because the eye pays attention to things in finer detail in video games. She does agree with mainstream science that binging video games is bad for ones general health. She also claims that video games can improve the gamers attention span and spatial reasoning. The violent shooter games are especially apt to do this because the quickness of the game forces the gamer to develop very quick reflexes.
That’s very interesting. All my life I have been told to not play video games because they mess with your vision and cause you to develop bad eyesight. I had no idea that it helps quicken your reflexes.