Developing Psychomotor Skills the Wii Way
Ciaran Scott Hill · Science · 2009
In his Perspective “Immersive interfaces for engagement and learning” (Special Section on Education & Technology, 2 January, p. [66][1]), C. Dede only briefly touched upon the particularly important area of psychomotor skill development. Hand-eye coordination and fine three-dimensional control of limbs in space are areas that are usually neglected by the educational system, despite the fact that they are crucial to a huge number of professions. There is evidence to suggest that surgical simulations can improve speed and accuracy ([1][2]). Moreover, the opportunity for motor skill development by immersive interfaces is not limited to specialist training—the Nintendo Wii console is one example of a commercially available games system that integrates hand and, in some cases, whole body movements in a range of simulated environments. Games systems provide opportunities to improve motor skills both for laypeople and for professional trainees in places that cannot afford full-scale simulators. 1. 1.[↵][3] 1. J. C. Rosser 2. et al. , Arch. Surg. 142, 181 (2007). [OpenUrl][4][CrossRef][5][PubMed][6][Web of Science][7] [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1167311 [2]: #ref-1 [3]: #xref-ref-1-1 View reference 1. in text [4]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DArchives%2Bof%2BSurgery%26rft.stitle%253DArch%2BSurg%26rft.aulast%253DRosser%26rft.auinit1%253DJ.%2BC.%26rft.volume%253D142%26rft.issue%253D2%26rft.spage%253D181%26rft.epage%253D186%26rft.atitle%253DThe%2BImpact%2Bof%2BVideo%2BGames%2Bon%2BTraining%2BSurgeons%2Bin%2Bthe%2B21st%2BCentury%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1001%252Farchsurg.142.2.181%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F17309970%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [5]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1001/archsurg.142.2.181&link_type=DOI [6]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=17309970&link_type=MED&atom=%2Fsci%2F323%2F5918%2F1169.1.atom [7]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000244181300018&link_type=ISI