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After videogames like Dance Dance Revolution, Step2play and Smart cycle, it is turn of Body Mechanics to enter the arena for fighting obesity. The way it works is really interesting. According to its makers, ‘Body Mechanics’ teaches youngsters how to avoid being overweight by joining forces with a team of superheroes who battle villains with names like Col Estorol and Betes II. You can also say that playing on this videogame is just like killing two birds with one stone because where it entertains, it also guides how to fight obesity. Interestingly, this is not the first time when any videogame has come with the aim of fighting obesity but several times earlier too people have relied on videogames to fight obesity. Via: Yahoo

If you want to improve your eye-sight then playing high-action video games is not a bad idea. Yes! You read it right. Actually, video games, containing high levels of action have been found bestowing good impact on our vision. This interesting revelation came came to the fore after researchers at the University of Rochester found that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved their ability to identify letter presented in clutter, which is a visual acuity test similar to one used in regular ophthalmology clinics by 20 percent. Giving idea that how playing high-action video games helps improving vision Bavelier, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester observes: When people play action games, they’re changing the brain’s pathway responsible for visual process’these games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it. That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life. This disclosure is significant and interesting too and if we call it a recreational method to improve eye-sight even then there would be no stultification. Moreover, it is just another advantage that has been accredited to videogames since several other studies have already proved that there are many more advantages. Here is a look:- 1. Video games have health benefits 2. Computer games ‘do have benefits’ 3. Video game fans dance off extra pounds 4. PopCap to Investigate Cognitive Benefits of Gaming However, some studies have also dubbed video games harmful for mental as well as physical health, stating that video games give rise to violent behavior among kids, video games are addictive. Via: NBC5

Believe it or not, but it is true that 3D video games may help uncover brain dysfunction. Researchers have reached this conclusion after studying 30 depressed patients and 19 people without mood disorders. This study has led researchers to believe that by using 3-D game for tracking mental disorders is a much better option than using traditional methods. Giving reason behind this the results of the study suggests that hippocampus, which is a part of brain, didn’t work as efficiently while playing 3-D video games as the brain of people without mood disorders did. Interestingly, previous studies had also found abnormality in the hippocampus of depressed people. However, those previous studies had shown that hippocampus in depressed people is smaller than people without mood disorders. Well, this new study has tried to look at the whole study in a somewhat different manner; still we can say that it is a major achievement, which would definitely help people, especially depressed people.Here it is worth mentioning that that in the recent years role of videogames has escalated, especially in medical field, since for kinds of treatment videogames are being used. To understand it in a much better way give a look here:- 1. Virtual Reality Gaming: The Higher You Are, the Easier You Fall! 2. Want to Gain Surgical Skills? Play Videogame! Via: CBC

Computer workouts, tailored especially to train the brain have showed comparatively better results in fighting age-related mental decline than classic computer games, scientists in Chicago came out with this magnificent finding. This finding is based on the study, funded by a grant from game maker CogniFit Ltd., in which about 121 volunteers, over 50 years of age were studied for about three months after being ramified into groups. Some groups played on traditional computer videogames while some played on MindFit training program. Finally, researchers concluded that group using the MindFit program showed significant improvement in spatial short-term memory, which controls learning and focused attention. Throwing light on the findings of this study Dr. Nir Giladi, a neurologist at Tel Aviv University in Isreal said: These areas would be especially helpful with things like driving or preventing falls, a major source of injury in the elderly. This finding is quite significant which shows that gradually role of computer is growing in our life and interestingly, on health issues too computers and computers games have made their presence felt. Here is a glimpse of such findings:- 3-D Video Game Traces out Brain Dysfunction: Scientists Want to Gain Surgical Skills? Play Videogames! Computer Games Are Good For Your Health Computer Games – Health Benefits Videogame ‘Body Mechanics’: An Ultimate Solution to Fight Obesity Via: Reuters