Who says gaming can’t make anyone better?

Ben Michaels, 5, of the United Kingdom has been diagnosed with Lazy Eye Syndrome,  a disorder of the visual system that is characterized by poor or indistinct vision in an eye that is otherwise physically normal. To correct this, his doctor advised him to play the Mario Kart with an eyepatch for two hours a day. This improved his sight significantly by 250%

“A games console is something children can relate to. It allows us to deliver treatment quicker,” said Ben’s doctor. “What we don’t know is whether improvement is solely because of improved compliance, i.e. the child sticks with the patch more, or whether there is a physiological improvement from perceptual visual learning.”

Via Kotaku