| Title | Gamers' Cognitive Motor Performance Peaks at 24 | |
| Date | Friday April 18 2014, @10:32AM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
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| from the Over-the-Hill dept. | ||
A study into Cognitive Motor Performance looked at players playing Starcraft 2. An advantage of using this game in testing was that it is a non-laboratory activity (so has voluntary participation) that requires real-time decisions "conferring a large advantage to players who can act and make decisions quickly".
The authors discovered that around age 24, the looking-doing latency was increasing, and this was consistent across all leagues. Click here for a dandy chart.
From the article:
In summary, we provide the most precise estimate thus far of the onset, around 24 years of age, of cognitive-motor decline in an[sic] complex task performed by millions of people around the world. Despite it's[sic] early onset, the decline is a significant performance deficit, suggesting early adulthood declines are real world relevant. Further, we find no evidence that this decline can be attenuated by expertise, despite claims that domain relevance should be a major determinant on whether attenuation should occur. Experience nevertheless allows one to compensate for these declines indirectly. In our study, older players appear to hold their own despite their declines, perhaps by decreasing their cognitive load through the use of simplified strategies or improved use of the game interface.
Medical xpress highlight that it isn't all bad; older players more readily use short cut and sophisticated command keys to compensate for declining speed in executing real time decisions.
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