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  • So Hyun Park
    University of Waikato
  • Wing-Kai Lam
    Hong Kong Sports Institute
  • Liis Uiga
    Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Andrew Cooke
  • Catherine Capio
    The Education University of Hong Kong
  • Rich Masters
    University of Waikato
We asked whether inhibitory control during sport is influenced by uniform colour. Participants were instructed to pass to the larger side of an opponent wearing red, green, or grey (control) uniforms, but not when that side was defended. Correct inhibition of responses was lower when opponents wore uniforms that were green compared to grey, but not red compared to grey, suggesting that perceiving green impaired inhibition. We therefore interrogated archival data to examine the association between green uniforms and intercepted passes–if green impairs an opponent’s inhibitory control, more ill-chosen passes should occur. Netball teams wearing predominantly green uniforms completed significantly more intercepts than teams wearing other-coloured (control) uniforms, suggesting that the colour of their uniform may have promoted a higher proportion of ill-chosen passes by opponents. Colour may influence inhibition in sport due to a colour-meaning association–green is “go”.

Keywords

  • Green, uniform colour, Go/NoGo task, inhibition function, basketball, netball
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-577
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Cognitive Psychology
Volume35
Issue number5
Early online date28 May 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2023
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