Surgeons who play Nintendo Wii outperformed peers, study shows

[Mummelmann]

sethnintendo said:

Mummelmann said:
So playing the Wii makes you a better surgeon than actually performing surgeries. Sounds legit!

Helped the post grad residents preform better in the simulator than others that didn't play Wii.

I think it sounds a lot like the people who claim that playing shooters makes you better with real life weapons in real life situations. You actually move the Wii-mote around, granted, but the simple waggle motion or racketing, paddling etc in Wii Sports can't possibly have any impact on fine motor precision and pinpoint accuracy with surgical equipment. It just sounds ridiculous.