Game Changers: How Videogames Trained a Generation of Athletes

Great article from Wired about how video games have influenced the strategies and reflexes of professional athletes during live play.

I am not an athlete. But I do believe that this virtual- realtime transfer explains why I grip my steering wheel with white knuckles and lean my head to the right or left whenever I'm driving on curvy roads in the Hill Country like I'm playing Mario Kart.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_gamechanger/