Earlier this month a study was published showing that "surgeons who played video games have better keyhole surgery skills than those that did not" (Playing Video Games May Contribute To Keyhole Surgery Skills, Study: Surgeons who play video games more skilled). CNN sums up the results succinctly: Out of 33 surgeons from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York that participated in the study, the nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 percent fewer errors, performed 27 percent faster, and scored 42 percent better in the test of surgical …
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