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NEWS ABOUT: red

red stories: 4 news summaries

Color Me Productive: Red Boosts Focus, Study Finds

Blue, meanwhile, looks to enhance our creativity

Feb 5, 09 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The color red boosts performance on detail-oriented work, while blue enhances creativity, Wired reports. A new study primed subjects with the colors before assigning them different tasks, and the results appear to confirm previous research that links red to caution and attention. “Think about red, and what comes to... More »

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science • scientific study • red • attention • blue • color

(Newser) - Ladies looking to attract a man can ditch their magazines and follow some simple advice instead: Wear something red. So say researchers at the University of Rochester, who conducted five scientific-sounding experiments to conclude that men aren't all that complicated. The test subjects, all undergrads, judged women as sexier and... More »

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love • behavior • attraction • red

Better Red
Than Dead in
Online Games

Red teams win more often than blue teams, researchers find

Jun 12, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to win, at least in the online first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 2004, get your red on. Researchers have found that red teams beat blue teams in the multiplayer game 55% of the time, even though players choose their own teams. One scientist suggested this is because the... More »

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psychology • multiplayer games • academic research • red • Unreal Tournament 2004

Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

'Immoral' holiday sparks temporary
ban on color

Feb 12, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - In preparation for Valentine's Day, Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned all things red. The morality cops are out in force in search of the color of love, reports CNN, with plans to confiscate everything from flowers to stuffed toys. The ban is part of a yearly effort, complete with raids... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • Wahhabism • Valentine's Day • red

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