Play Video Games and Become a Surgeon

The next time your mother tells you playing video games are a waste of time, tell her you plan on becoming a surgeon and this is your practice.

CHICAGO, Feb 19 (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.

There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon’s capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery.

Source: Reuters Foundation

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