Wii Training Helps Surgical Skills

An article in the New Scientist describes a study where surgeons played with a Wii for only a short time before doing simulated surgery. Wii players did better than nonplayers.

But is this really a training effect or is it just a warmup effect produced by engaging in a similar activity beforehand?

Testing Cognitive Speed

Here's a study that tests speed of cognitive processing by using a video game like program. It is based on theory developed by Cattell, Horn and Carroll (over many year) which has recently received new attention.

I'd be interested in hearing your ideas relating this work to what is going on in our lab.