Video Games May Be Good For Kids’ Eyes

BOSTON, MA—A new study published Monday in the New England Journal Of Medicine found that playing video games may actually be beneficial to children’s eyesight. “While we have long been concerned about the effects of violent media on young people, our research suggests that there may be a positive side to gaming,” said lead author Dr. Roberta Friedman, adding that children who play video games for at least two hours a day were found to have 20/15 vision and better peripheral vision than their non-gaming counterparts. “We observed that children who played video games for at least two hours a day had better hand-eye coordination and were able to read an eye chart from across the room without their glasses. In some cases, we even found that these kids could see things in the distance without using their eyes at all.” Friedman went on to say that further study was needed before any definitive conclusions could be drawn about the effects of video games on ears. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thecrookedwheel.com/2022/08/19/video-games-may-be-good-for-kids-eyes/