Rio 2016 legacy(?): immediate perceptions

Rio 2016

T he performance of American athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio was outstanding by most accounts. With a total of 121 medals (46 gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze), dominance was often used to describe their success on this international stage of competition. With all the turmoil that preceded the games involving the International Olympic Committee scandals—the host country selection proc...

Rugby in Rio in 2016!

Evaluating the consistency of immediate aesthetic perceptions of web pages

Two experiments were designed to replicate and extend [Lindgaard et al.’s, 2006. Attention web designers: you have 50ms to make a good first impression! Behaviour and Information Technology 25(2), 115–126] findings that users can form immediate aesthetic impression of web pages, and that these impressions are highly stable. Using explicit (subjective evaluations) and implicit (response latency)...

The relative importance of immediate allelopathy and allelopathic legacy in invasive plant species

Some introduced invasive species may be competitively superior to natives because they release allelochemicals, which egatively affect native species. Allelochemicals can be immediately effective after being released but can also persist in soils, esulting in a legacy effect. However, to our knowledge there are no studies which distinguish between allelopathic legacy and mmediate allelopathy of...

Evaluation of spine MRIs in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Background/aim In high-level Olympic athletes, many spinal pathologies arise from overuse, while others are the result of acute injury. Our aim is to analyse the epidemiology of spinal pathologies detected on MRI in athletes participating in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Methods In this retrospective study, all spine MRIs performed during the 2016 Rio Games were analysed. Descripti...