Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

1 University of Tehran

2 University of Esfahan

Abstract

Colors influence mood and mental state of human beings and since man
is constantly in touch with colors, great important will be attached to the
colors. Exercise is also associated with different colors and is performed in
an environment full of different colors. Also, one of the important factors
affecting athletes' success is response to the stimulus. Considering the
importance of color and reaction time, this study examined the effect of
environmental color on simple reaction time to call in athletes. The
statistical population consisted of male students (mean age 22.2 yr) of
University of Tehran and 50 subjects were selected by the simple random
sampling method. Simple reaction time to auditory stimulus was recorded
using YB-1000 set. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and
Bonferroni post hoc test were used to analyze data. Findings showed that
the smallest standard deviation and mean of simple reaction time to sound
was related to blue environment and there was a significant difference in
the reaction time between the blue environment and all environments except
for the white (p<0.05 ). The present results showed that exposure to blue
environment can increase the speed of auditory information processing in
information processing system of human beings.

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