] All those hours spent playing video games may not be ] wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed ] video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and ] "Counter-Strike" may sharpen your mind. ] ] Researchers at the University of Rochester found that ] young adults who regularly played video games full of ] high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed ] better visual skills than those who did not. For example, ] they kept better track of objects appearing ] simultaneously and processed fast-changing visual ] information more efficiently. ] ] To rule out the possibility that visually adept people ] are simply drawn to video games, the researchers ] conducted a second experiment. They found that people who ] do not normally play video games but were trained to play ] them developed enhanced visual perception. See mom? Video games are GOOD for you! Laughing Boy |