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    While online gaming has become a favorite pastime of millions of people, researchers are investigating how gaming can improve work performance. Studies in the medical field show that surgeons who play video games using a joystick improve their hand-eye coordination, resulting in 37 percent fewer errors during real-life surgery. Other interactive software allows doctors to perform simulated surgery on avatars, providing practice time before operating on actual patients. 

     In the workplace, companies have developed performance games that run behind-the-scenes on employee’s computers. The games award points for tasks such as being on time for work, attending meetings, and finishing segments of projects. This reward-based type of gaming triggers the release of dopamine in the brain, raising performance levels and production. Other companies have discovered that linking video games with audio instructions raises retention levels of employees. Skills are then acquired more quickly. 

    IBM has placed Innov8, a business game, at over 1,000 universities. Students participate in real-time business models that provide immediate feedback on the decisions they make. This interactive education tool enhances book learning and lectures by allowing students to apply learned material. Decision-making skills are improved, as students learn by trial and error, and strengthen analytical skills.