1. VIDEO GAMERS AND HAND EYE
COORDINATION/REFLEXES
By: Grahm Greenemeier

2. VOCABULARY
• Hand eye coordination: Coordinated control of eye movement
with hand movement.
• Reflexes: A spontaneous reaction to a object.
• Stimulus: Something external that influences an activity.
• Avatar: A virtual character controlled by a person.

3. HAND EYE COORDINATION
• Hand eye coordination also known as eye hand coordination is
the coordinated control of eye movement with hand movement
,and the processing of visual input to guide reading and
grasping along with the use of proprioception of the hands to
guide the eyes.
• The parts of the brain that use hand eye coordination are the
Cerebral cortex. The Cerebellum, and the section in the
Cerebral the Optical lobe.

4. REFLEXES
• A reflex action also known as a reflex, is a involuntary and
nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus.
• Reflexes help you react to objects faster than normal, such as a
falling object or a object that is flying towards you.
• Sensory nerves gather information from the environment, send
that info to the spinal cord, which than deliver the message to
the brain. The brain then makes sense of the message and fires
off a response.
• The brain stem controls the reflexes and automatic functions.

5. HOW DOES GAMING HELP YOUR HAND EYE
COORDINATION AND REFLEXES
http://youtu.be/uQGm7Gz5YIU

6. HOW DOES GAMING HELP YOU HAND EYE
COORDINATION
• In a recent study it proves that video games can help your hand
eye coordination. Surgeons that play video games have a lot
lower chance of making a mistake while performing a
procedure. It is recommended that surgeons play a specially
developed video game before surgery in order to “warm up”.
The study found that surgeons who played video games for at
least three hours a week made 37% fewer mistakes and
performed the procedure 27% faster than those who did not play
video games.

7. HOW DOES GAMING HELP YOUR HAND EYE
COORDINATION
• People have certain skill levels in hand eye coordination and
video games can sharpen your hand eye coordination.
• Video games help your reaction time and applies that towards
your hand eye coordination.
• By looking at a television screen and controlling your in game
avatar by using a controller without looking at the controller is
using hand eye coordination.

8. HOW DOES GAMING HELP YOUR HAND EYE
COORDINATION
• Gamers have to undertake distinctive actions with their console
as they play the game.
• The gamer has to increase his hand eye coordination skill in
order to meet the skill level in the game, and in order for the
person to become successful in the game he/she has to meet
the games skill level or exceed it.

9. HOW DO VIDEO GAMES HELP YOUR REFLEXES
• While playing a video game you have to control your in game
avatar to get past numerous obstacles. This obstacles could be
fast or slow. If your in game avatar has to react to a fast
obstacle in the game you have to control your avatar to get past
the obstacle using reflexes.
• The reflexes that you use in a video game can be used in real
world activities.
• Video game players have a faster reaction time of 100
milliseconds. Even though 100 milliseconds doesn't seem like a
lot of time it could make a big difference when your driving and
almost get into a car accident.

10. GAMER VS. ATHLETE
GAMER ATHLETE
• 20% faster reflexes • More balance
• React to things 100 • Better condition
milliseconds faster • While the athletes scored a
• In a hand eye coordination 3.05
test a gamer scored a 4.37