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. 1994 Aug;79(1 Pt 2):671-4.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.671.

Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill

P J Rowe  1 , P Evans
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Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill

P J Rowe et al. Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Aug.

Abstract

Researchers investigating performance differences between light- and dark-eyed individuals have indicated that dark-eyed individuals perform better on reactive activities than light-eyed individuals. College students (61 men, 64 women) performed a forehand rally with different colored racquetballs. Eye color, sex, and total hits were recorded for each subject. Men scored significantly better with balls of each color than did women. Dark-eyed men performed better than other subjects and performance was better with blue balls than yellow or green balls.

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