Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Slashdot | Playing Video Games Makes For Better Surgeons

Slashdot | Playing Video Games Makes For Better Surgeons: "'ABC News on line is reporting that surgeons that play video games at least three hours a week make 37% fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and complete the surgery 27% faster than their non-video game playing colleagues. ''I use the same hand-eye coordination to play video games as I use for surgery,' said Dr. James 'Butch' Rosser, 49, who demonstrated the results of his study Tuesday at Beth Israel Medical Center.''"

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