The Real Reason Esports Pros Peak Early

Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrifterTalks If reaction time and accuracy decreases with age, then how did Faker win Worlds at 29? How does Daigo "The Beast" Umehara stay competitive and Street Fighter at 48? Or what about Tsoi Shiu Lun & White Ra? As it turns out, there is a secret technique to maintaining your skills as you age but it's probably not the one you're thinking of. This video is a deep dive into the science of how aging affects Esports Pros and regular Gamers alike. Sources: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094215#pone.0094215.s001 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.12.448183v1.full https://academic.oup.com/geronj/article-abstract/49/4/P179/565960?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://mindcrowd.org/reaction-time-as-a-measure-of-brain-health-mindcrowd-study-findings/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698998002880 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00193/full Media Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BedsideMedia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drift0rtv X: https://x.com/Drift0r Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drift0r.bsky.social Twitch: https://twitch.tv/drift0r Discord: https://discord.gg/drift0r A20X: https://logi.gg/Drift0rA20X Code "DRIFT0R" = 10% off Gamer Advantage Glasses: https://gameradvantage.com/?ref=drift0r 10% off w/ code "drift0r" 10% off Netduma R3 Router w/ code "DRFT" https://netduma.com/r3 0:00 Intro 2:22 ELO vs Age 5:40 Reaction Time vs Age 8:02 Longitudinal Studies 9:53 Other Research 12:23 Conclusion