Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science
As professional football stadiums continue to grow in popularity worldwide, fans are able to watch the game in closer proximity, but the design of professional football stadiums to shorten the distance between fans and the playing field also exacerbates the impact of the home advantage on the refere...
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| description | As professional football stadiums continue to grow in popularity worldwide, fans are able to watch the game in closer proximity, but the design of professional football stadiums to shorten the distance between fans and the playing field also exacerbates the impact of the home advantage on the referee’s decision to call a penalty. Studies have confirmed the existence of the home advantage and found that experienced referees can reduce the impact of this interference, but the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon have not been adequately investigated. In this study, we designed a soccer referee decision making task based on a home field effect scenario in a real soccer game, and used event-related potentials (ERPs) to compare the decision making and EEG differences between individuals with different experience levels when faced with foul actions under spectator noise interference. The experiments showed that individuals with different experience levels triggered a significant ERN EEG component when performing the penalty decision task under the home field effect factor, suggesting that the interference of the home field effect may lead referees to correct their previous decision-making behavior patterns in the penalty decision and reduce unfavorable calls against the home team. In contrast, referees with officiating experience elicited smaller ERN amplitudes compared to other subjects, suggesting that experience factors may inhibit this tendency to change behavioral patterns. This study suggests that in response to the increasing trend of professional football stadiums, policy makers should place more emphasis on enhancing the experience level of referees in the training of referees to ensure the fairness of the game. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac65388323d74f24ba093f1b97db48572022-12-22T01:35:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-08-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.873184873184Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision ScienceLi Zhang0Li Zhang1Hongfei Zhang2Shaopeng Li3Jianlan Ding4Yuxiao Peng5Zeyuan Huang6School of Marxism, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Sports Economics and Sports Management, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Software Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaGraduate Department, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Sports Economics and Sports Management, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an, ChinaGraduate Department, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an, ChinaGraduate Department, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an, ChinaAs professional football stadiums continue to grow in popularity worldwide, fans are able to watch the game in closer proximity, but the design of professional football stadiums to shorten the distance between fans and the playing field also exacerbates the impact of the home advantage on the referee’s decision to call a penalty. Studies have confirmed the existence of the home advantage and found that experienced referees can reduce the impact of this interference, but the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon have not been adequately investigated. In this study, we designed a soccer referee decision making task based on a home field effect scenario in a real soccer game, and used event-related potentials (ERPs) to compare the decision making and EEG differences between individuals with different experience levels when faced with foul actions under spectator noise interference. The experiments showed that individuals with different experience levels triggered a significant ERN EEG component when performing the penalty decision task under the home field effect factor, suggesting that the interference of the home field effect may lead referees to correct their previous decision-making behavior patterns in the penalty decision and reduce unfavorable calls against the home team. In contrast, referees with officiating experience elicited smaller ERN amplitudes compared to other subjects, suggesting that experience factors may inhibit this tendency to change behavioral patterns. This study suggests that in response to the increasing trend of professional football stadiums, policy makers should place more emphasis on enhancing the experience level of referees in the training of referees to ensure the fairness of the game.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873184/fullprofessional football stadiumshome advantagejudgment experienceERN (error related negativity)reinforcement learning theory |
| spellingShingle | Li Zhang Li Zhang Hongfei Zhang Shaopeng Li Jianlan Ding Yuxiao Peng Zeyuan Huang Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science Frontiers in Psychology professional football stadiums home advantage judgment experience ERN (error related negativity) reinforcement learning theory |
| title | Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science |
| title_full | Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science |
| title_fullStr | Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science |
| title_short | Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science |
| title_sort | influence mechanism of the home advantage on referees decision making in modern football field a study from sports neuro decision science |
| topic | professional football stadiums home advantage judgment experience ERN (error related negativity) reinforcement learning theory |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873184/full |
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