Fouls go left: Soccer referees may be biased based on play’s direction of motion
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 08-07-2010 |
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Tags: Football, foul, Psychology of football, Psychology of soccer, Soccer
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ScienceDaily (2010-07-07) — Soccer referees may have an unconscious bias towards calling fouls based on a play’s direction of motion, according to a new study. Researchers found that soccer experts made more foul calls when action moved right-to-left, or leftward, compared to left-to-right or rightward action, suggesting that two referees watching the same play from [...]



