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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