Health
New study blows whistle on home advantage in soccer
Higher standards in football refereeing have brought about an unexpected change – the end of the home advantage.
Jan 4, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Top-level football refs are better at spotting fouls because of enhanced visual perception
Top-level professional football referees have enhanced visual perception, which means that they are better at spotting foul play and issuing the correct disciplinary action than lower-level referees, according to new research ...
Oct 31, 2016
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Study examines coaches' gamesmanship
A new study by an NDSU faculty member gives important insight into the ethics of high school coaches in North Dakota.
Aug 30, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Football referees cope by thinking they are better than other refs
(Medical Xpress)—Football referees at all levels think they are better than their colleagues – and that may be how they cope with the pressures of this difficult and often thankless task, according to researchers at Northumbria ...
Apr 10, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Referees feel stress during matches regardless of their physical condition
All referees feel stress on match days. However, contrary to what you might believe, a joint study by the Catholic University of Brasilia, A Coruña University and James Cook University in Australia state that the level ...
Feb 21, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Seeing really is believing
(Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their team's pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?
Feb 1, 2012
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