Nintendo Wii Helps Surgeons Hone Motor Skills
Don't worry about that guy about to operate on your gallbladder. He trained on the Wii.
According to a very small, very preliminary study, playing certain video games on the Nintendo Wii helps surgical residents to hone their fine motor skills and improve their performance on a serious surgery simulator.
OK, so a simple video game helps these docs with a slightly more complicated one. But bear with us here because the more sophisticated simulator is the sort of thing that's used right now to help doctors do a better job on keyhole surgery using tiny instruments outfitted with video cameras.




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Wall Street Journal | Jacob Goldstein | January 18, 2008 10:47 AM