A recent study from Canadian University, McGill, have discovered that Tetris may be useful to those who suffer from “Lazy Eye”, improving the users condition over time.
Typical treatment has been, which has been standard for many years, is to place a patch over the stronger eye for a long period of time, thus encouraging the weaker eye to work harder and therefore train the weaker eye.
During an experiment at McGill University however, sufferers wore special goggles that made each eye focus on a different part of a single game of Tetris. This ensured both were active and after participants played the game for one hour a day for a two week period, it was found that improvements had in fact been made in their weaker eye.
Commenting on the results DR Robert Hess stated:
“When we get the two eyes working together, we find the vision improves. It’s much better than patching, much more enjoyable, it’s faster and it seems to work better”.
[Source: BBC via Nintendo Life]
