WEEKEND LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Should You Choose Red Or Blue?

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There’s a 2005 study that looked at Olympic athletes participating in one-on-one “combat sports” like boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling, and freestyle wrestling. The rules of the Olympics stipulate that one competetor is randomly assigned a blue outfit while the other gets red. Thus it was a great opportunity for a natural experiment on the effects of uniform color on performance.The researchers found that those wearing red uniform...