首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
职称考试
In Sports, Red Is the Winning Color When opponents of a game are equally ma...
In Sports, Red Is the Winning Color When opponents of a game are equally ma...
admin
2020-12-24
32
问题
In Sports, Red Is the Winning Color
When opponents of a game are equally matched, the team dressed in red is more likely to win, according to a new study.
British anthropologists Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham reached that conclusion by studying the outcomes of boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling (摔跤),and freestyle wrestling matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
In each event, Olympic staff randomly assigned red or blue clothing or body protection to competitors. When competitors were equally matched with their opponent in fitness and skill, the athletes wearing red were more likely to win. "Where there was a large point difference — presumably because one athlete was far superior to the other — color had no effect on the outcome," Barton said.
"Where there was a small point difference, the effect of color was sufficient to tip the balance.” Joanna Setchell, a primate (灵长目)researcher at the University of Cambridge in England, has found similar results in nature. Her work with the large African monkeys known as mandrills shows that red coloration gives males an advantage when it comes to mating. The finding that red also has an advantage in human sporting events does not surprise her, and she adds that "the idea of the study is very clever."
Hill and Barton got the idea for their study from a mutual interest in primates — "red seems to be the color, across species, that signals male dominance," Barton said. For example, studies by Setchell, the Cambridge primate researcher, show that dominant male mandrills have increased red coloration in their faces and rumps (臀部). In another study, scientists put red plastic rings on the legs of male zebra finches (斑胸草雀), which increased the birds’ success in finding a mate. Barton said he and Hill speculated that "there might be a similar effect in humans.” Hill and Barton found their answer by viewing Olympic competitors in the ring, on the mat, and in the field. "Across a range of sports, we find that wearing red is consistently associated with a higher probability of winning, the researchers write.
Barton adds that this discovery of red’s advantage might lead to new regulations on sports uniforms. In the Olympic matches he studied, for example, it is possible that some medal winners may have had an unintended advantage — their clothing!
Many athletes oppose the new regulations on sports uniforms.
选项
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
答案
C
解析
文章最后一段里引用了Barton的话,说这个新发现可能会导致有关运动服的新规则,不过对这一点运动员如何反应,文章并没有提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/WPMQKKKQ
相关试题推荐
BrotherlyLove AdidasandPumahavebeentwoofthebiggestnamesinsports...
BrotherlyLove AdidasandPumahavebeentwoofthebiggestnamesinsports...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
SportorSpectacle MuhammadAliisprobablythemostfamoussportsfigureo...
随机试题
(61-63题共用题干) 某女,32岁。尿急,尿频,小便灼热感3天。现体温38
(6)由低分子单体合成聚合物的反应称为聚合反应,聚合反应合成的聚合物分子量高,黏
金融期货的投资者应当充分理解并遵循( )的原则,承担金融期货交易的履约责任。
消防电话是用于消防控制室与建筑物中各部位之间通话的电话系统,下列有关消防电话的说
C
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
复杂共同犯罪中的共同犯罪人可以是( )。 A.实行犯 B.组织犯 C.胁
判断小儿高血压的标准是A:收缩压高于标准血压15mmHgB:收缩压高于标准血压20mmHgC:舒张压高于标准血压15mmHgD:收缩压高于标准血压25mm
婴儿每日需热量与营养素较成人相对高,主要是由于小儿A.基础代谢所需较高B.生长发育所需较高C.活动量大所需较高D.食物特殊动力作用E.消化吸收功能差,丢
工程建设项目投资的构成主要有()。A:工程建设费用B:预备费C:建设投资D:建设期利息E:流动资金