Age: Reaction times tend to slow down as we age. Without taking steps to maintain or advance your reaction time, science shows it can begin to drop off around age 24.

“These results suggest for the first time that long-term musical training reduces simple non-musical auditory, tactile and multisensory reaction times,” Landry and Champoux write in their paper.

Reaction time in gaming can be a massive advantage at the highest levels of competition. Even though some may be more genetically gifted than others, it’s a mental skill that anyone can train ...