This is pretty awesome.
It makes sense, really.
Why wouldn’t a gamer be better at doing something that was operated by a joystick, right? All those hours of eye-hand coordination has got to do something!
The surgery simulation used in the study resembles a video game booth. It has a two-handed control system and a screen for the user to watch his or her actions in real time. In the study, students and doctors used robotic arms to perform tasks that mimic suturing, passing needles, and lifting surgical instruments. The researchers then measured the subject’s performance in 20 skill areas including precision, steadiness and tension of the subjects’ movements.
Of course, when it comes to on-hands medical care, med students have a level up on the gamers.
Here’s a video showing the robotic surgery device:
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Would you go under the knife of a gamer?
[via Smithsonian]
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