Horseshoe pitchers’ hot hands

Hot cells, raise your hands.

Obesity is a commonly used predictor for many metabolic diseases and is closely linked to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Essentially a disorder of energy balance, obesity occurs when energy intake and storage exceed expenditure. Much of the energy homeostasis depends on the activity and function of adipose tissue. White adipose tissue (WAT) primarily functions to store energy and ...

Skill, Luck and Hot Hands on the PGA Tour

Do the Golden State Warriors Have Hot Hands?

Star Golden State Warriors Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant are great shooters but they are not streak shooters. Only rarely do they show signs of a hot hand. This conclusion is based on an empirical analysis of field goal and free throw data from the 82 regular season and 17 postseason games played by the Warriors in 2016–2017. Our analysis is inspired by the iconic 1985 hot-hand s...

Self-Reported Responses to Player Profile Questions Show Consistency with the Use of Complex Attentional Strategies by Expert Horseshoe Pitchers

The advantages on an external focus of attention have been demonstrated for a variety of sport tasks. The constrained action hypothesis (Wulf et al., 2001) argues that focusing externally on the movement effect results in the use of automated processes for movement control. In contrast, focusing internally in an attempt to control the movements of the body disrupts normally automated processes ...

Coincident ruddy turnstone migration and horseshoe crab spawning creates an ecological 'hot spot' for influenza viruses.

Since 1985, avian influenza virus surveillance has been conducted annually from mid-May to early June in charadriiform species from the families Scolopacidae and Laridae (shorebirds and gulls) at Delaware Bay in the northeast United States. The mass migrations of shorebirds, gulls and horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) coincide at that time, and large numbers of migrating birds pause at Delaw...