If winning is everything, British anthropologists have some advice: Wear red. Their survey of four sports at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens shows competitors were more likely to win their contests if they wore red uniforms or red body armor. "Across a range of sports, we find that wearing red is consistently associated with a higher probability of winning," report Russell A. Hill and Robert A. Barton of the University of Durham in England. Their findings are in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.
Red coloration is associated with aggression in many animals. Often it is sexually selected so that scarlet markings signal male dominance. Just think of the red stripes on the scowling face of the male Mandrill, Africa’s largest monkey species. But red is not exclusively a male trait. It’s the female black widow spider that is venomous and displays a menacing red dot on her abdomen.
Similarly, the color’s effect also may subconscio
A. controlling power of male Mandrills
B. greater chances of winning in sports
C. menacing characteristics of female back widow spiders
D. higher speed of automobiles
One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades. (21) your teenager starts a family quarrel by sitting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not (22) a simple experiment Rather than taking the heavy handed (严厉的) line of ordering him to his bedroom to get on with it (23) , let him do the homework the (24) he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparkling (有文采的) than (25) he’s done before .
According to the research of Millfield prep school, around 20% of youngsters (26) best with background music, 10% excel (突出) when allowed to break up their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate (集中注意力) (27) if allowed to fiddle (用手拨弄) with a small object.
The research has advised the school to adopt (采取) a complete (28) approach (措), analyzing p
A. still
B. perhaps
C. almost
D. even
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