BACKGROUND temporal ordering and temporal resolution. AIM to compare the performance of professional singers with that of well tuned and out of tune amateur singers in the pitch pattern test (PPT) and in the Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT). METHOD participants were 78 individuals, male and female, with ages ranging from 18 to 55 years. All of the participants were singers with normal heari...

Executive functions might be important for successful performance in sports, particularly in team sports requiring quick anticipation and adaptation to continuously changing situations in the field. The executive functions motor inhibition, attention and visuospatial working memory were examined in highly talented soccer players. Eighty-four highly talented youth soccer players (mean age 11.9),...

This article explores information sharing in the context of amateur genealogists researching their Irish ancestry. Information sharing is an important feature of this hobby, with individuals networking with others to supplement information they have found when searching sources. Because of the nature of the hobby, reciprocal sharing behavior may be significant in this process. This study adopte...

The introduction of non-artistic materials and techniques in Cubism is not a complete invention, contrary to what the traditional historiography of this artistic movement would want to make us think. Contemporary do-it-yourself practices – amateur handicraft – with which Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso had been in contact while living in the workingclass neighborhood of Montmartre, have encour...