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Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing world of technology.
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Researchers at the University of Rochester say adults who play a lot of action video games may be improving their brain's ability to process visual information. They say people who used a video-game training program saw significant improvements in their ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray, a finding that may help people who have trouble driving at night or in the fog.
The study appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
there is another side of video games for the young that is very negative so it is important to tell that story too!
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He looks at the way children are taught and the role that video games, prescription drugs and environmental estrogens play.
Posted by Tom Westheimer | July 7, 2009 12:00 PM
That's pretty interesting, considering the role of shading in games (identifying objects the player can interact with, etc).
Posted by Julia Schrenkler, MPR | July 8, 2009 8:48 AM
