The effect of smartphones and playing video games on decision-making in soccer players: A crossover and randomised study

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to analyse the effect of the use of social networks in smartphones or playing video games on the passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes. Participants were 25 male professional soccer athletes (mean ± SD: age 23.4 ± 2.8 years). The participants performed three randomised conditions divided into three groups: control (CON), smartphone (SMA), and video game (VID). Before and after each experimental condition, the Stroop Task assessed the level of induced mental fatigue. Then, the athletes performed a simulated soccer match. A CANON® camera recorded the matches for further analysis on passing decision-making performance. A group effect was identified (p < .01) with impairment on passing decision-making performance for the SMA (p = .01, ES = 0.5) and VID (p = .01, ES = 0.5) conditions. We concluded that the use of social networks on smartphones and/or playing video games right before official soccer matches might impair the passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes.     

Arts councils,policy-making and “the local”

ABSTRACT

In the British Isles, national policies for the arts are primarily viewed as the responsibility of arts councils with statutory duties to distribute state funding that meet the requirements of both “arms-length” principles and national strategic frameworks. This paper explores the tensions between policy making for the nation-state and for “the local” through comparative research on the arts councils (and equivalent bodies) in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with senior representatives from these organisations, it explores their notions of, responsibilities to and affiliations with “the local”. Findings suggest that despite their different models and relationships to the nation-state, and the disparities in the scale of investment, these national policy bodies commonly rely on networked governance to facilitate their relationship to “the local” which risks reproducing national interests, limiting the localised agency of place-based approaches and contributing to a culture of competition within cultural policy.     

体育非物质文化遗产利益相关者及政策启示

如何辨别和协调相关者利益，成为非物质文化遗产保护与可持续发展的一个现实问题。通过实地调研，以"利益相关者理论"研究视域，辨析体育非物质文化遗产利益相关者的类别。研究表明：体育非物质文化遗产各主体因角色不同，利益出发点和关注点不同，文章提出以责任、诉求和能力三个维度，将体育非物质文化遗产利益相关者划分为核心、蛰伏以及边缘三类利益相关者，并对利益相关者管理提出了若干思考，以期为我国非物质文化遗产的继承与发展，提供理论指导与实践支持。     

On Affective Communication-From Perspective of Cultural Context

Nowadays, cross-cultural study is turning to pragmatic fields concerning communication, such as business negotiation, overseas life and language teaching, etc. This paper reviews previous studies of cu...     

高职大学英语真实性课程评价方案的设计

真实性课程评价是近十几年来国际流行的课程评价方式,其能力本位的评价特点,决定其可以在高职大学英语能力培养方面起到重要作用。为实施高职大学英语真实性评价,需要根据高职各专业的英语能力需求,在英语课程评价各个环节进行真实性的设计,其中文化演练部分的评价设计是真实性评价设计的核心。     

披帛与丝路文化交流

披帛是通过丝绸之路传入中国的西亚文化,与中国服饰发展的内因相结合而流行开来的一种"时世妆"的形式。沿丝绸之路所发现的披帛,反映了丝绸贸易的活跃。敦煌、吐鲁番地区发掘的披帛与中原地区特别是唐长安地区出土的披帛几乎相同,属于同时代的产物,经历了一个相互继承、汲取而发展的过程。     

A Contrastive Study of the Chinese and British Table Manners

The table manners refer to the rules and standard of behaviors that people should abide by in the formal dining process?es. Due to the different cultural backgrounds, there are different cultures of ta...     

Between business and morality: cultural politics in independent bookshops in China

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This article investigates how cultural businesses may facilitate contentious political activity in authoritarian contexts. Existing research in Western liberal democracies has shown the widespread political activism of actors in the cultural and creative industries. Whether such activism exists in authoritarian society, how it may differ in character and form, and what implications this will have for our understanding of relations between business, politics, and culture in authoritarian countries remain to be addressed. Drawing on data collected from 55 ‘independent bookshops’ in China, I illustrate how these organisations perform ‘cultural politics,’ a type of political participation in which actors employ mainly symbolic means to express social and political concerns. The organisations’ economic relations and conditions facilitate their efforts to create spaces in which contentious questions can be raised, sensitive topics explored, and alternative ideas expressed, despite the Chinese state’s political regulation of the cultural sphere. The finding of the economic embeddedness of cultural politics sheds new light on our understanding of the political economy of cultural businesses in contemporary China.     

《新视野大学英语》读写教程选材之我见

《新视野大学英语》是目前高校普遍选择的非英语专业教材。基本上该教材能够体现当今社会的发展趋势,且能够抓住社会热点。而该系列教材的读写教程的选材方面存在着某些不足,例如主题不一致,难易程度错位及因内容选材和习题带来的文化不安。     

纪录片《话说长江》和《再说长江》创作理念与风格之比较

《话说长江》和《再说长江》是两部以长江为题材的电视纪录片,创作者站在时代的高度用镜头对现代中国进行审美观照与深情抒写,具有鲜明的时代特点,体现了不同时期的不同的创作理念和文化个性。