Researchers from the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY, USA), found that playing first-person shooters can help by allocating the brain’s resources in a better way and helping in adapting to new situations faster. The research also pointed out that these video games can improve peripheral vision as well as the ability to see objects in low light conditions. These findings could eventually lead to a video game based treatment for some eye related illnesses, like lazy eye.

Who knew all those hours put in on various Guitar Hero games could someday be a critical component of an education at a top university? New York University professor Gary Marcus is teaching a freshman seminar called “Guitar Heroes (and Heroines): Music, Video Games and the Nature of Human Cognition.”

No, really.