Article~How Video Games Stretch the Limits of Our Visual Attention

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How Video Games Stretch the Limits of Our Visual Attention ScienceDaily(Nov. 18, 2010) - They are often accused of being distracting, but recentresearch has found that action packed video games like Halo and Call of Dutycan enhance visual attention, the ability that allows us to focus onrelevant visual information. This growing body of research, reviewed in *WIREsCognitive Science*, suggests that action based games could be used toimprove military training, educational approaches, and certain visualdeficitshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101117194409.htm