Pressing Crowd Noise Impairs the Ability of Anxious Basketball Referees to Discriminate Fouls

The decision-making processes of referees in sports are affected by many factors, including the pressure of spectators. While the home/visitor bias has been previously investigated, the role of crowd noise has been less studied. In the present study, we investigated how the crowd noise (calm vs. pre...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Sors, David Tomé Lourido, Vittoria Parisi, Ilaria Santoro, Alessandra Galmonte, Tiziano Agostini, Mauro Murgia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02380/full