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Tetris could help cure “Lazy eye”

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A team of Canadian researchers has found that the seminal block-dropping puzzle game Tetris could help cure the terrible affliction that makes Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke so disquieting to look at. And, as a bonus, it could also help the thousands of children and adults afflicted with “Lazy eye,” or amblyopia as doctors like to call it.

Roughly one in fifty children suffers from amplyopia, where one eye doesn’t develop as well as the other, leading to poor vision, and sometimes, even permanent loss of vision in the weak eye. The standard method of treatment is to patch the good eye, forcing the weaker one to work harder – but Canadian researchers have discovered that Tetris may be a better treatment.

In a small, 18 person study on adults, they found that Tetris forces both eyes to work together as they focus on the falling blocks, making

"When we get the two eyes working together, we find the vision improves," says Dr. Robert Hess. "It’s much better than patching, much more enjoyable, it’s faster and it seems to work better."

The tests were conducted utilising a special pair of goggles that made control subjects play Tetris for about an hour a day, first with the stronger eye covered, then another group with both eyes uncovered. those who used both eyes were found to have significantly improved vision.

Though preliminary, more tests are underway, and tests so far indicate that any video game could provide benefit, not jut Tetris. Now go tell your mom you were right to spend so much time playing videogames.

Last Updated: April 24, 2013

22 Comments

  1. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    April 24, 2013 at 13:05

    I am going to disagree here. I have a slightly lazy eye (no, you cannot see it and it doesn’t droop, it’s not that severe so stop staring at me)

    Mostly games cause me to get migraines and an odd motion sickness because of it. So I don’t know hey.

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    • Admiral Chief Erwin

      April 24, 2013 at 13:11

      Says the Lazy-eye on Lazygamer
      😛

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      • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

        April 24, 2013 at 13:12

        Hehehehe. Nice. But seriously, it took me months to finish Metro because I could only play little bits at a time

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        • Admiral Chief Erwin

          April 24, 2013 at 13:15

          You said it was a FOV thing, now the lazy-eye?

          STOP LYING TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            April 24, 2013 at 13:19

            FOV simply stopped the awkward motion sickness. Didn’t get rid of the headaches that it would give me though

    • Rincethis: Spellalicious

      April 24, 2013 at 14:12

      I have this image in my head now…

      Reply

      • Rincethis: Spellalicious

        April 24, 2013 at 14:14

        But you are in luck, there is a new update coming… And you won’t have a choice but to use it… trolololo

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        • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

          April 24, 2013 at 14:18

          Ok troll. You win this round. I shall get you though. Don’t you worry. Be afraid. Be very afraid

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          • Rincethis: Spellalicious

            April 24, 2013 at 14:20

            It wasn’t my fault! I blame erwin, he also pooed on my com!

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            April 24, 2013 at 14:23

            I heard yeah.

      • Admiral Chief Erwin

        April 24, 2013 at 14:16

        must…contain……laugh…….

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        • Trevor Davies

          April 24, 2013 at 14:38

          It’s like the Mona Lisa, the eyes follow you

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          • Admiral Chief Erwin

            April 24, 2013 at 15:20

            eye(s) you mean?

      • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

        April 24, 2013 at 14:16

        Yeah no. Lol. Luckily mine isn’t noticeable.

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      • Admiral Chief Erwin

        April 24, 2013 at 15:20

        Hy kan deur ‘n opgerolde hosepipe vir jou koekeloer

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    • Rincethis: Spellalicious

      April 24, 2013 at 14:19

      OVG gets headaches if he plays Borderlands 2 without background lights on. There are two possible reasons for this. One, he is girl and is scared of the midgets and needs some form of blanket to keep him happy. Two, he is colourblind to shit (he really is) and the game messes with his head.

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      • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

        April 24, 2013 at 14:23

        Lol. Poor OVG

        Reply

  2. Admiral Chief Erwin

    April 24, 2013 at 13:11

    No Star Wars? No wonder he has it

    Reply

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