4 research outputs found
Decreased Reaction Time In Esport Competitors Equivalent To That Of Physical Athletes
No full textReaction time (RT) is faster in athletes and esport players than non-athletes/competitors; however no comparison has been made between physical athletes and esport players. RT of 18-22 year-old college football athletes, competitive esports players and a control group (N=12) were compared. RT response to visual (Visual Cue, Ruler Drop), auditory (Sound Cue) and tactile (Probe Grabbing) were collected, and average composite RTs was calculated. RTs were compared by ANOVA and post hoc t-tests. The Sound Cue test had significantly slowest RTs (F(140,3)=286.5, p=1.5E-59). Both esport players and football athletes had faster RTs than controls in Probe Grabbing and Ruler Drop (p=0.0175; p=0.0002 and p=0.0016; p=0.0013 respectively). Esport players also had faster RTs in Color Cue than controls (p=0.05). Although esport players and football athletes have faster composite RTs than controls (p=0.0042 and p=0.0104 respectively), RTs between esport players and football players were not significantly different. A trend was seen in that esport players had faster RTs than football athletes in all tests except Probe Grabbing. Involvement in esports or football is associated with faster RT, although it is not demonstrated whether play improves RT or those with inherently faster RTs tend to excel in activities
Reaction Times for Esport Competitors and Traditional Physical Athletes are Faster than Noncompetitive Peers
No full textReaction time (RT), time to respond to a stimulus, has been shown to be faster among traditional physical athletes and esport competitors than nonathletes/noncompetitors; however, no comparison has been made between traditional physical athletes and esport competitors. This research examined RTs of healthy 18 to 22 year-old college football athletes, esport competitors, and a control group (n = 12 for each group). RT (ms) to visual (color cue test, ruler drop test), auditory (sound cue test), and tactile stimuli (probe grabbing test) was collected in duplicate. RTs for individual tests and calculated composite RTs were compared between groups by ANOVA and post hoc t-tests. RTs to auditory stimuli were significantly slower than to visual or tactile stimuli (F(140, 3) = 286.5, p = 0.0000). Esport competitors significantly outperformed noncompetitive controls in probe grabbing (p = 0.0175) and ruler drop tests (p = 0.0016). Football players had similar faster RTs in probe grabbing (p = 0.0002) and ruler drop tests (p = 0.0013) compared to controls. Esport competitors also had significantly faster RTs in the color cue test than controls (p = 0.05). Although esport competitors and football athletes had faster composite RTs than controls (p = 0.0042 and p = 0.0104, respectively), RTs between esport competitors and football athletes were not significantly different. A trend was seen in that esport competitors had faster RTs than football athletes in all tests except probe grabbing. Involvement in esports or football is positively correlated with faster RT, although it is not demonstrated whether play improves RT or those with inherently faster RTs tend to excel in activities requiring rapid response
Will You Let Me Have That Letter
No full textThe chapter begins by outlining the nature of imprisonment in prisons with both male and female inmates. Portsmouth, which was one such prison, was where Rose Gooding was remanded and then served her sentence. On her release, the obscene letters started up again. Her family followed a ruse to give her an alibi: Gooding spent two weeks in Lewes while everyone else in the family ostentatiously pretended she was still at home, hoping that the author of the libels continued to write them without realizing that Gooding was away. In the trial that took place after Edith Swan launched a new prosecution, Gooding’s new barrister failed to prove the alibi. Appearing this time before Mr Justice Avory, a veteran criminal lawyer, she was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment.</p
Criminological approximation of the novel "The Judas Window" by John Dickson Carr
No full textΔιπλωματική εργασία - Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο. Τμήμα Κοινωνιολογίας, ΠΜΣ “Εγκληματολογία”, 2018Βιβλιογραφία: σ. 114-124Στην παρούσα εργασία θα επιχειρηθεί η εγκληματολογική προσέγγιση του λογοτεχνικού έργου Το παραθυράκι του Ιούδα, του αμερικανού συγγραφέα Τζον Ντίξον Καρ. Το θέμα του έργου περιστρέφεται γύρω από την υπεράσπιση του νεαρού Τζέιμς Κάπλον Άνσγουελ, που κατηγορείται για τον φόνο του μέλλοντα πεθερού του, Έιβορι Χιουμ. Κεντρικό πρόσωπο του έργου είναι ο δικηγόρος και ερασιτέχνης ντετέκτιβ, σερ Χένρι Μεριβέιλ, που αναλαμβάνει την υπεράσπιση του κατηγορουμένου. Ενώ όλα τα στοιχεία τάσσονται κατά του κατηγορουμένου, ο σερ Χένρι Μεριβέιλ καταφέρνει εν τέλει να αποδείξει την αθωότητα του νεαρού Τζέιμς Κάπλον Άνσγουελ μέσα από μια σειρά ανορθόδοξων, ως επί το πλείστον, τεχνικών, τις οποίες χρησιμοποιεί με ιδιαίτερη μαεστρία. Κατά την εγκληματολογική προσέγγιση του συγκεκριμένου μυθιστορήματος μυστηρίου θα επιχειρηθεί η απεικόνιση των πρακτικών, λειτουργίας και αποτελεσματικότητας του συστήματος απονομής της ποινικής δικαιοσύνης διαμέσου της περιγραφής της υπεράσπισης του νεαρού κατηγορουμένου. Κατά την ανάλυση των χαρακτήρων και του έργου εν γένει θα αναδειχθούν ουσιαστικά στοιχεία εγκληματολογικού ενδιαφέροντος, όπως ο επίσημος και ανεπίσημος κοινωνικός έλεγχος, οι παράγοντες εγκληματογένεσης, η γυναικεία εγκληματικότητα, καθώς και η εφαρμογή της αρχής της ηθικής απόδειξης και του τεκμηρίου αθωότητας του κατηγορουμένου στη δικαστηριακή πρακτική. Τα ανωτέρω αναλύονται στο ιστορικό-κοινωνικό πλαίσιο του 1936 με αναγωγές στη σύγχρονη πραγματικότητα.The present dissertation attempts to make a criminological approximation of the novel, The Judas Window, by the American author John Dickson Carr. The main topic of this novel is about the defense of young James Caplon Answell, who is accused for the murder of his future father-in-law, Avory Hume. Sir Henry Merrivale is the main character of the novel, who is the defense lawyer of the young defendant, but also an amateur detective as well. While all evidence is against the young defendant, Sir Henry Merrivale manages to prove his innocence through an array of offbeat techniques that the defense lawyer uses with great prowess. During the criminological approximation of this mystery novel there will be an attempt to depict the methods, the functioning and the effectiveness of the Penal Justice System through the description of the young defendant’s defense. During the character and the novel analysis, in general, essential elements of criminological interest will be featured, such as formal and informal social control, factors that create and lead to criminal behavior, female criminality, but also the ethical proof principle and the proof of innocence in the judicial practice. All the above are analyzed in the social and political background of 1936 along with contemporary reality reductions.ΠΜΣ Εγκληματολογί
