Red costume helps athletes win easily

According to the August 29 news from Berlin, in the tactical sports competitions and psychological qualities, it is the deciding factor of winning or losing athletes. But in a recent study by German scientists, the color of athletes' attire when playing has a certain influence on their performance .

In case the level of the two athletes is equal, the athlete in red has a better chance of winning.

Norbert Hagemann and researchers at the Muenster University in Germany recently told New Scientist magazine, they invited 42 taekwondo referees to experience observing a taekwondo competition through video tape, then beat Price points for both parties. The players in turn wore blue and red shirts. While referees are unaware of the purpose of this study, researchers have applied digitally to change the colors of the players' costumes and let referees continue to evaluate. The results showed that, when Taekwondo players wore red outfits, the score would be higher than when wearing a blue outfit of 13%.

Norbert Hagemann pointed out, in case the ability of two players difference is too big, the red outfit will not change the results, but if the level is nearly equal, then the page Red competition can affect competition results.

The findings show that red contains meanings such as ' attack ', ' manipulation ' in the subconscious of the human being , it has the ability to make the enemy have negative thoughts, or cause the referee and the The surrounding observer was so impressed. Norbert Hagemann said that players wearing red outfits may make them more confident, but this speculation probably still has to go through many experiments to prove it.

European media commenting on the issue also indicated that anthropologists at Durham University studied the influence of athlete's color on the performance of the competition. came out of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

The research results show that the percentage of winners of red costume in subjects such as Boxing, taekwondo or Wrestling . accounts for about 60%. This shows that the red in the subconscious of human beings represents a certain advantage.