`Call of Duty' Video Game Trains Brains for Snappy Decisions
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Playing action video games primes the brain to make quick decisions and could be incorporated into training programs for surgeons or soldiers, a study found.
The researchers tested 18- to 25-year-olds who weren’t regular video-game players. One group spent 50 hours playing the “The Sims 2,” a slow-paced strategy game published by Electronic Arts Inc. The other group took on “Call of Duty 2,” a combat game sold by Activision Blizzard Inc., or “Unreal Tournament,” a shooter game developed by Epic Games. The subjects then performed timed computer tasks, according to the report published today in the journal Current Biology.