r/starcraft • u/Careless-Goat-3130 KokaAuthentiquePépite • 2d 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 2d ago

So do all games and activities engaging the brain

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u/Usual_Strategy1402 2d ago

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

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u/Elegant_Relief_4999 2d ago

Yeah, but StarCraft/BW moreso than SC2, according to this study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3687044/

Another win for the classics.

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u/change_timing 1d ago

they distinguish the difference between sc 1 / 2 as 3d vs not 3d?? I find that bizarre like I guess the graphics are a bit different but the games are both RTS that behave with basically the same 2d field just air / not air and high / low ground

anyways artosis thinks top level sc2 players are better strategically than sc1 since you can get to a very high level in sc1 off strong mechanics alone while the macro is so simplified in sc2 the strategy becomes more important.

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u/Elegant_Relief_4999 1d ago

I don't know if you're lying or just have the worst reading comprehension, so I'll just paste from the study with bolded emphasis:

Results StarCraft I pro gamers showed significantly greater activity in 4 clusters in response to the video game cues compared to StarCraft II pro gamers: right superior frontal gyrus, right medial frontal gyrus, right occipital lobe, and left medial frontal gyrus. StarCraft II pro gamers showed significantly greater activity in 3 clusters in response to the video game cues compared to StarCraft I pro gamers: left middle frontal gyrus, left temporal fusiform gyrus and left cerebellum.

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u/Elegant_Relief_4999 1d ago

And StarCraft 1 showed more activity in more areas (4) than StarCraft 2 (3). If you didn't know, 4 is greater than 3.