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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast - Sports Science & Psychology Talk
Episode:

23E- Sport Science Shorts: Color Blindness in Athletes & Fans

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:06:46
Publish Date: 2016-03-27 23:30:00
Description:

Are athletes with color vision deficiencies less likely to make it to the elite levels of sport? If they do get there, will their color blindness effect their performance or determine which position they play?

 

Articles/links:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25372806/nfl-we-didnt-account-for-color-blindness-with-color-rush-jerseys

Colour blind cricketers and snowballs

Abnormal colour vision is a handicap to playing cricket but not an insurmountable one One of Australia's greatest cricketers was a protanope: a genetic detective story solved with the help of Schmidt's sign

 

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http://perceptionaction.com/

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Gal Pals- Gold Rush

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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