Studies on Reaction Time

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Hi! I keep writing this out and then I try to post and the forum gets nuked. Fair enough, shouldn't respond to baiters. Here are three studies on cis Female/Male reaction time that I found when I was told to "search on google, lots of research done" or something similar.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4456887/ - Says that yes, sedentary men and women compared shows men have a slightly faster reaction time. However, active participants had equal reaction time. No biological difference in athletes. So if say I was meL (fit as fuck), I would have an improved reaction time equal to a man.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16045-1 - Studied reaction time in driving. Found that yes, men had a slightly higher reaction time--when they only steered. Women would have a +0.022 ms difference but would both steer and brake. I would argue in esports this is comparable to men being able to move the mouse onto the target, but women able to also click.
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1980.tb01766.x - I didn't actually read this so roast me accordingly (science calls for it) but the abstract does support the claims of the second study, that women are able to make choices faster where men move faster, effectively making their reaction time the same when actually doing something.

I encourage those who are "concerned" about a biological difference in gaming to bring their own studies for us to discuss intellectually.

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Katharize

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Why do teams without trans people struggle against teams with trans people?

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moomoomoomeadows

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I can't find a scientific reason but I'd suspect a mix of confirmation bias on your part and the same reason teams with all men struggle against teams with all men (skill/practice diff)! Thanks for asking!

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also the fact that a lot of these transgender individuals grew up boys in their youth, where they were socially and culturally in a pro-video game environment, versus biological women who typically don't get into shooter games until much older due to societal norms. Your point of confirmation bias is also a great point as well since there are numerous of other transgender pros with less success

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In india there is quite a big societal norm on women in games (although majority young women themselves think that gaming is for boys so can't do anything about that :)) ........ but is this similar to canada or US too because as a 1st world and more progressive country is the societal norm similar??

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valkin

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this is such a stupid debate lol

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CoCloudy

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How exactly?

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moomoomoomeadows

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I think valkin (can correct me) is referring to the fact that

reaction time might not even matter as mentioned by #6 and #7
even my 15 minutes of research found the claim is false meaning that this argument over biological differences is just people sharing hate!
Thanks for engaging!

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Also don’t fns and boaster have the fastest reaction times on their teams? Reaction time isn’t that big of an advantage especially in a more smooth and burst/tap heavy game like valo

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nobody___100

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fns is the best aimer in vct, so there is a direct correlation

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moomoomoomeadows

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I can't leave this be no the fuck FNS isn't the best aimer in VCT lmao let me find some stats to prove this
FNS has a lifetime KDA of 0.97 and hs% of 40% w/ vandal
Just his teammate Mada has a lifetime KDA of 1.45 and a hs% of 45.7% w/ vandal

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Gre4t

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pretty sure that was a joke

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Uncleben

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You should delete this comment this might be one of the more embarrassing posts I’ve seen

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moomoomoomeadows

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no I stand by it I can't just leave blantant misinformation on my science post

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unilarity

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we all know that lmfao

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nobody___100

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fns has a lifetime of yours and mada's combined

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😭

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StutterSt3p

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It just needs to be said that the reaction time differences really do not matter that much. This point just makes no sense.

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I think men just have that natural gamesense lowkey

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moomoomoomeadows

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Okay! Do you have a source or a measure?

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crocodilemaniac

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and what exactly are you proving?

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moomoomoomeadows

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I am trying to prove that there is no biological difference between men and women in esports! Do you have any other questions?