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Nature 437, E10-E11 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature04307; Published online 26 October 2005
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Sporting contests: Seeing red? Putting sportswear in context (reply)
Robert A. Barton1 & Russell A. Hill1
Rowe et al. corroborate our finding that the colour of clothing influences the outcome of sporting contests1, but they offer a different mechanism to explain the effect. We found that in four combat sports wearing red was consistently associated with improved performance relative to wearing blue2, and argued that wearing red enhances performance through psychological effects on the wearer and/or on the opponent.
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