Would this effect apply to avatars when playing online chess?
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artfizz wrote:
Would this effect apply to avatars when playing online chess?
the dimond?
"Our results suggest that male chess players choose significantly riskier strategies when playing against an attractive female opponent"
So pick up nice avatars :)
http://www.iza.org/index_html?lang=de&mainframe=http://www.iza.org/de/webcontent/research/ra3/publications/papers/viewAbstract%3Fdp_id%3D5314&topSelect=publications&subSelect=papers
an interesting report about risk taking and attractiveness in chess...