‘Counter-Strike’ Linked to Better Decision-Making
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I have to preface this story by making it clear that I’m not much of a gamer. Sure, I’ll occasionally indulge in some Sneaky Sasquatch or some Overcooked 2 here and there, but for the most part, I’m just a boring normie.
And like a lot of old people, I just assumed that playing video games of any kind was just a waste of time, or a good distraction at best.
But according to a recently published study by the University of Sheffield, Counter-Strike—one of the world’s most popular first-person shooter (FPS) games—could help boost people’s cognitive abilities, especially when it comes to decision making under pressure.
Not a waste of time, after all
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Sheffield looked at whether people who were…
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