Stateside brain experts say that their latest research indicates that playing action video games makes people more able to make correct decisions quickly under time pressure – potentially turning them into superior drivers, soldiers or surgeons.

“It’s not the case that the action game players are trigger-happy and less accurate: They are just as accurate and also faster,” says cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier. “Action game players make more correct decisions per unit time. If you are a surgeon or you are in the middle of a battlefield, that can make all the difference.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/14/action_games_make_you_a_finer_human_being/