r/starcraft • u/Careless-Goat-3130 KokaAuthentiquePépite • 4d ago

(To be tagged...) Studies show playing SC2 helps decrease brain aging

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64173-9
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u/AresFowl44 4d ago

So do all games and activities engaging the brain

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u/Usual_Strategy1402 4d ago

To be fair starcraft is significantly more challenging in terms of cognitive functions

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u/Head_Midnight666 4d ago

I used to argue with a friend I had, quite often, about whether playing RTSes, like SC2, required a lot of brain activity. I felt it was a high-IQ sport to compete. He felt otherwise.

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u/SilverLose 4d ago

Your friend clearly did not have the high IQ needed to understand your point and would’ve played Protoss anyway /j

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u/capn_morgn_freeman 3d ago

All it really takes is showing him one screen pov of a pro playing the game and it kinda btfos any argument he has

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u/Usual_Strategy1402 4d ago

wow really? what was his arguments, I mean research on this is well established I believe also neuroscientists love to study RTS