Editing MindPerformanceHacks 2fImproveVisualAttentionThroughVideoGames

= Hack #68: Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games = Some of the constraints on how fast we can task-switch or observe simultaneously aren't fixed. They can be trained by playing first-person-shooter video games. == Additions and Suggestions == Concrete ideas to modify and expand this hack go here. == Discussion == Freeform discussion of this hack goes here. == Links == * "Action Video Game Modifies Visual Attention": http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/daphne/visual.html#video * [http://www.bootstrap.org/augdocs/friedewald030402/augmentinghumanintellect/ahi62index.html "Augmenting Human Intellect" by Douglas Engelbart] * [http://mindhacks.com/ The support page for Mind Hacks], from which this hack is excerpted. == Errata == Errata go here. == Hack Author == This hack is excerpted from [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindhks/ Mind Hacks], by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb, in which it appears as Hack #43. MattWebb and TomStafford == Return to Main Book Page == This is a page for a hack from the book MindPerformanceHacks by ["Ron Hale-Evans"]. == See also == * BrainTrainingGames * MediTation - there is [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050138&ct=1 evidence] that the attentional blink task can be trained by meditation, as well as video games.

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