Putting like a pro: The role of positive contagion in golf performance and perception
Lee, Linkenauger, Bakdash, Joy-Gaba and Proffitt, PLoS ONE 6(10), e26016, 2011. 41 undergraduate golfers, 40 analysed. A group told a putter had belonged to a professional golfer judged the hole larger and sank more putts than a group given no story. The authors call the idea positive contagion.
Lee, Linkenauger, Bakdash, Joy-Gaba and Proffitt, PLoS ONE 6(10), e26016, 2011. 41 undergraduate golfers, 40 analysed. A group told a putter had belonged to a professional golfer judged the hole larger and sank more putts than a group given no story. The authors call the idea positive contagion.
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Lee, Linkenauger, Bakdash, Joy-Gaba, & Proffitt (2011). Putting like a pro: The role of positive contagion in golf performance and perception. PLoS ONE, 6(10), e26016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026016