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An old video game may offer up a new treatment for those with a certain vision problem.Doctors from McGill University in Montreal found that playing the video game Tetris may help treat those with lazy eyes, BBC News reported.Known medically as amblyopia, lazy eye is a common condition in children characterized by problems with a child's vision – even when there are no structural problems with the eye. According to the National Institutes of Health, amblyopia affects approximately two to three out of every 100 children.If not treated early, lazy eye can lead to permanent loss of vision in the weak eye. The current treatment for the condition is to cover the child's strong eye with a patch – forcing the child to use his or her lazy eye. Typically the patch is worn for the majority of the day over the course of many months.Hoping to find a more fun and ideal treatment, Dr. Robert Hess and his colleagues at McGill tested 18 amblyopia patients with a pair of special video goggles that f...
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Philadelphia is getting ready for a supersized game of "Pong" -- on the side of a skyscraper.The classic Atari video game will be re-created later this month on the ...
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Pablo Picasso, meet Pac-Man.The Museum of Modern Art has officially raised video games to new aesthetic heights by planning a game-only gallery with 40 of the greate...
The video game Tetris may quell flashbacks of traumatic events in a way that other kinds of games can't, researchers have found.The curious effect might have to do w...
Playing the classic puzzle game Tetris can boost your brain power, according to a new study.Researchers have found regular playing of the game can improve complex pl...
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LONDON — A seemingly trivial task – playing a particular video game – may lessen flashbacks and other psychological symptoms following a traumatic event, according t...
By Tricia RemarkNew Mexico Daily Lobo , University of New Mexico in AlbuquerqueJust because a video game distracts students from homework doesn’t mean it’s not makin...
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