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The eyes often don’t have it. Tennis referees2, for example, sometimes mess up when calling a ball in or out. And a new study finds that refs are much more likely to make a mistake by calling a good ball out than by calling a bad ball in. The research is in the October 28th issue of the journal Current Biology.
It takes at least a tenth of a second for us to become aware of an image striking the retina. So we all have to construct our perception of moving objects. And the way the brain works, we consistently think something has gone slightly further than it really has. It’s not surprising then that we misjudge the position of hundred-mile-an-hour tennis balls.
When researcher David Whitney saw a call overturned during Wimbledon, he decided3 to check out referee1 error rates. He reviewed videos of more than 4,000 randomly4 selected tennis points, and found 83 incorrect calls. Seventy of the 83 were the type predicted. So players contesting calls are better off asking for reviews on their own shots called out than their opponent’s called in.
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n.裁判员.仲裁人,代表人,鉴定人 | |
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n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 );证明人;公断人;(专业性强的文章的)审阅人 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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adv.随便地,未加计划地 | |
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