UT3 A Brain Booster!!!

   Thought this might interest some of you:  A study published in the journal Current Biology and carried out by the University of Rochester, New York, has concluded that playing fast paced shoot-em-up video games can actually help you in real world decision making.

They used two fast paced games Call of Duty 2 and Unreal Tournament () to test their theory.  They started with a group of 18 to 25 year old non-gamers and divided them in half.  They had the first group play 50 hours of COD and UT and the second group play 50 hours of a slow moving strategy game, Sims 2.

They then gave both groups a series of tests and they found that the first group performed 25% better at decision making.  One of the co-authors said, "...It's not the case that the action game players are trigger happy and innacurate - they are just as accurate and also faster...".

If you want to read the whole article the link is below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1311685/Why-playing-shoot-em-video-games-helps-people-make-decisions-quickly.html

After reading some of the depressing and episodic this-game-is-dead posts which crop up like clock-work on this site  it's nice to see Unreal Tournament get a mention in the mainstream media.  Cheers.  

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warfare Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ultra Member Joined: 29 Sep 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 326	Post Options Post Reply Quote warfare Report Post Quote Reply Topic: UT3 A Brain Booster!!! Posted: 14 Sep 2010 at 5:05pm
	Thought this might interest some of you: A study published in the journal Current Biology and carried out by the University of Rochester, New York, has concluded that playing fast paced shoot-em-up video games can actually help you in real world decision making. They used two fast paced games Call of Duty 2 and Unreal Tournament () to test their theory. They started with a group of 18 to 25 year old non-gamers and divided them in half. They had the first group play 50 hours of COD and UT and the second group play 50 hours of a slow moving strategy game, Sims 2. They then gave both groups a series of tests and they found that the first group performed 25% better at decision making. One of the co-authors said, "...It's not the case that the action game players are trigger happy and innacurate - they are just as accurate and also faster...". If you want to read the whole article the link is below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1311685/Why-playing-shoot-em-video-games-helps-people-make-decisions-quickly.html After reading some of the depressing and episodic this-game-is-dead posts which crop up like clock-work on this site it's nice to see Unreal Tournament get a mention in the mainstream media. Cheers.
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ax412 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Team iAM Duel Champ Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Cali Online Status: Offline Posts: 4833	Post Options Post Reply Quote ax412 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2010 at 5:10pm
	nice post and even better sig lol.

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	HAH!!
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	what ticket will phantaci and paweezy be running on for prez u guys got my vote ps dont let my son read this thread lol
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SIZZLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Team oOPS I'm your huckle berry Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1352	Post Options Post Reply Quote SIZZLE Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2010 at 8:04pm
	every since i started play'n ut3 my golf score has went down though? i used to score in the 80's now i score in the 70's? so that study must be wrong.
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TX2k7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Requiescat In Pace Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2340	Post Options Post Reply Quote TX2k7 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Sep 2010 at 5:55am
	^^^^ lol not really much decision making in golf aside from choosing which club to use...and u hv all day to do it haha thats more muscle memory, so if uv spent more time on ut3 (less golfn) then ur muscle memory, will slowly get worse resulting in ur lower scores....or ur just a noob :P


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	lol golf is gay if you take away the clubs it's just walking....
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	lol that could simply be because you have less time to play golf sizzle haha? you noobbbbbb its normal you get worse if you have less time to play! xD

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	well ever since i've been playing this i've been doing alot of ** fast and not wanting to do ** slow. i've become impatient lol, i used to coast doing thing now its like i gotta move fast and get it done.
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-DaGoN- Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Godlike Member I've got a bucket on me head!!! Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1683	Post Options Post Reply Quote -DaGoN- Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Sep 2010 at 4:48pm
	Ever since I've been playing this, I tend to call people in real life "fvcking noobs", "fat piece of sh1t", "failer", "stupid cvnt". I also yell things like "get r4ped!!". Maybe not.
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TheSeph Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ultra Member Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Location: Okla City Online Status: Offline Posts: 307	Post Options Post Reply Quote TheSeph Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Sep 2010 at 1:35pm
	-DaGoN real life online gamer have you seen the show check it out guys hilarious
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-DaGoN- Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Godlike Member I've got a bucket on me head!!! Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1683	Post Options Post Reply Quote -DaGoN- Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Sep 2010 at 2:52pm
	Yeah I have seen it, it's brilliant. My post was inspired by it. ;)
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