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Endicott Redux: Performance Arts. Effect Of Colors: Blue Boosts Creativity, While Red Enhances Attention To Detail. A new University of British Columbia study reconciles a debate that has long raged among marketers and psychologists: What colour most improves brain performance and receptivity to advertising, red or blue?

Effect Of Colors: Blue Boosts Creativity, While Red Enhances Attention To Detail

It turns out they both can, it just depends on the nature of the task or message. The study, which could have major implications for advertising and interior design, finds that red is the most effective at enhancing our attention to detail, while blue is best at boosting our ability to think creatively. "Previous research linked blue and red to enhanced cognitive performance, but disagreed on which provides the greatest boost," says Juliet Zhu of UBC's Sauder School of Business, author of the study which will appear in the Feb. 5 issue of Science. "It really depends on the nature of the task. " Between 2007 and 2008, the researchers tracked more than 600 participants' performance on six cognitive tasks that required either detail-orientation or creativity.

Color red increases the speed and strength of reactions. What links speed, power, and the color red?

Color red increases the speed and strength of reactions

Hint: it's not a sports car. It's your muscles. A new study, published in the journal Emotion, finds that when humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful. Red All Over: How The Color Red Affects A Referee's Judgment. Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee’s preference or bias.

Red All Over: How The Color Red Affects A Referee's Judgment

But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive sports can actually affect the referee’s split-second decision-making ability and even promote a scoring bias. Stop on red: The effects of color may lie deep in evolution. Almost universally, red means stop.

Stop on red: The effects of color may lie deep in evolution

Red means danger. Red means hot. And analyzing the results in the 2004 Olympics, researchers have found that red also means dominance. Athletes wearing red prevailed more often than those wearing blue, especially in hand-to-hand sports like wrestling. We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. Negative Space in Webpage Layouts: A Guide. Negative space is often misunderstood as a tool to implement in certain designs that call for a simple aesthetic.

Negative Space in Webpage Layouts: A Guide

However, it is in fact something you should pay attention to and carefully structure in every design you create. This guide discusses what negative space is and how to effectively use it to analyze and improve your designs. What is Negative Space? Solve Puzzles for Science. Educational Gaming Commons. Roll the Bones #4: Dice Pools. Last month, we looked at simple dice-roll systems where the number of dice you roll is independent of the situation and where you either add up the dice or compare each to a threshold.

Roll the Bones #4: Dice Pools

This month, we will look at systems where the number of dice depends on ability. These are commonly called "dice pool systems". Problem setting € decision making. Phlogiston theory. The alchemist and physician J.

Phlogiston theory

J. Becher proposed the phlogiston theory The phlogiston theory is an obsolete scientific theory that postulated a fire-like element called phlogiston, contained within combustible bodies, is released during combustion. The name comes from the Ancient Greek φλογιστόν phlogistón (burning up), from φλόξ phlóx (flame). It was first stated in 1667 by Johann Joachim Becher. Theory[edit]

Dragonlore Publications. Each copy is a single PDF file (sizes as shown); to download you probably need to "right-click" the relevant issue and choose "Save As" or similar.

Dragonlore Publications

A large issue (1.2 MB) will take about ten seconds to download over a 2 Mbps broadband connection and about five minutes to download over a "dial-up" connection. Issues 150 onwards Other Journal issues The links below will take you to the relevant page from which individual issues may be downloaded. Rebis. Google Maps API - Possible to make a custom map from an image (e.g. game map) I made this a while back: If you want to I can put up a small explanation of how I did it, since you probably don't want to view source of that.

Tiresias. Bruncvik Legend of Knight, Sword and Lion : Sword Blog. You are here: Home / Mythology / Bruncvik Legend of Knight, Sword and Lion Bruncvik Legend-Medieval legend of Bruncvik the knight, his famous sword and powerful white Czech Lion. Bruncvik is one of legendary symbols of Czech Republic (Kingdom of Bohemia). 9 Excellent Free Map Creation Tools for Teachers and Students. 1- Umapper UMapper is a great mapping tool for educators.

9 Excellent Free Map Creation Tools for Teachers and Students

It allows its users to create and manage interactive maps and geogames online. These maps can be shared with others or be embedded in blogs and websites. Mapping Software - RPG Virtual Tabletop. Page have been review 2018-03-30 ANAmap ANAmap is an online Flash-based map editor, with emphasis on simplicity.

Mapping Software - RPG Virtual Tabletop

Clinch fighting. Clinch fighting in combat sports[edit] Grappling techniques[edit] Delivering knee and elbow strikes in the clinch is an important part of Muay Thai and Kun Khmer training. Hand and Arm positions[edit] UMapper / Home. Slavic Gods and Goddesses : Sword Blog. Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion. Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. Crusader states. The Near East in 1135, with the Crusader states marked with red crosses. Asia Minor and the Crusader states, c. 1140. Kingdom of Jerusalem. Clan of Champions™: Battle. ©2012 ACQUIRE Corp. All rights reserved. Licensed to and published by NIS America, Inc. Lamassu.

Lamassu at the British Museum. Philosopher's stone. History[edit] Stagira (ancient city) Estagira. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Dark Night of the Soul. Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is the title of a poem written by 16th-century Spanish poet and Roman Catholic mystic Saint John of the Cross, and of a treatise he wrote later, commenting on the poem. Poem and treatise by Saint John of the Cross[edit] Magic realism. Magic realism or magical realism is a genre where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment.[1] Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts. Jack the Giant Killer. Neither Jack nor his tale are referenced in English literature prior to the eighteenth century, and his story did not appear in print until 1711. It is probable an enterprising publisher assembled a number of anecdotes about giants to form the 1711 tale.

Astolat. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The online game Dragon Eternity give you the opportunity to get acquainted with the mysterious world of dragons! Clash of the Titans (1981 film) Homo floresiensis. The Nibelungen-Myth. Nibelungenlied. Nibelungenlied. The Nibelungen-Myth. Nibelung. Der Ring des Nibelungen. Putto. Cherub. Robbins Library Digital Projects. The Champions of the Round Table: Part I. The Story of Launcelot: Chapter Third. List of The Neverending Story characters. Slavery in ancient Rome. Anansi. Dark Albion: doing to England what WFRP did to Germany - theRPGSite. SKILL LAYOUT IN ZWEIHÄNDER GRIM & PERILOUS RPG. TEMPERAMENTS – YOUR BLESSING AND CURSE. A Grim & Perilous RPG. Duel - Combat Realism at Skyrim Nexus. Skyrim Perk Enhancements and Rebalanced Gameplay - SPERG at Skyrim Nexus. The Faerie Queene. Skyrim GEMS. Skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/readmes/ACE - Combat Skills_readme.txt.

Regent Armory at Skyrim Nexus. Liminality. Spirit away. Black Sun (occult symbol) Unknown Explorers - Calygreyhound. Satyrus (ape) List of legendary creatures (C) Catoblepas - Google Search. Strange loop. Gargantua and Pantagruel. Category:Mythic humanoids. Enûma Eliš. Creation of man from clay. Michio Kaku: What Is Déjà Vu? The World of Joseph Campbell. Monsters by eMail. Ukko. Brazilian mythology. Ancient. Mythology. Folklore.