Life pace in cities is often commented as very busy especially by people from smaller settlements. It is not clear whether this proverbial image, a stereotype, is based on prevalent subjective views in the elderly. The purpose of this study is to examine the occurrence of stereotypes of hectic city and tranquil countryside in older persons. The sample consisted of 131 retired healthy older persons of 60-74 years of age (M=68.47, SD=3.71) with the same place of residence in the capital city of Prague, mid-sized towns or villages of the Czech Republic since their age of 40 years. The participants underwent a structured interview and evaluated life pace on 4-point scale. Data were analyzed with non-parametric methods. Our results suggest that older persons regardless their place of residence consider Prague more hectic compared to towns and countryside. Non-Praguers, especially the ones with lower education, perceive Prague significantly more hectic compared to persons living in the capital itself. Recent visitors to Prague perceive the capital as more hectic than visitors with a further off experience.Our results are in accord with the proverbial stereotypes of the pace of life in different types of settlement. As time pressure and busy environment, hectic "nature" may in long-term affect individual emotional and cognitive development even in late adulthood, these influences and their impacts need to be yet researched more in detail.

Cognitive performance is dynamic and shaped by individual biological and environmental factors throughout life. In psychology, besides the effects of age, education, and other often studied factors, the complexity of the lived-in environment and urbanicity in that context are yet to be elucidated. In this observational cross-sectional study, we compare cognitive performance in standard neuropsychological tests in healthy older persons from three different types of settlements in the Czechia: the capital city of Prague, towns, and villages. The groups were equal in terms of the age-band (60–74 years), the distribution of gender, education, past and current leisure activities, and cognitive health status (MMSE score). The results showed that Prague citizens had consistently better performance in all verbal tests (for memory and verbal control, i.e., executive function) and attention than persons from other areas. The groups did not differ in timed visuo-graphomotor performance. The conclusion is that the complex environment of a city may promote, in the long-term, certain cognitive abilities, distinguishable even in a developed, culturally homogenous country. The implications are: (a) the description of samples used in normative studies should include information on the lived-in environment for the reference of researchers and clinicians; and (b) individual clinical assessment should reflect the role of the patient’s environment where appropriate. The exact mechanisms and causes of the differences need further investigation.

Parents are not only gatekeepers to sport, they have significant influence on how young athlete perceives and interprets the sport experience. Their influence is mediated through the parent-initiated motivational climate and is not limited to sport environment, but also to non-sport environment. The quality of parent-child relationship is considered to be a predictor of motivation, level of perceived stress and enjoyment of activities in young athlete. It is supposed overtraining as a multifactorial in nature and that non-sport stress may be a contributing factor. The main purpose of this study is to review empirical research works examining the parent-initiated motivational climate in the context of youth elite sport and its potential influence on young elite athlete. Moreover, the study provides theoretical background of the parent-initiated motivational climate in the context of sport participation. This study reviewed empirical research works of quantitative and qualitative research design. From all searched works from 1992 to 2016, fourteen studies fulfilled set requirements. Two qualitative studies focusing on the parent-initiated motivational climate and its relation to overtraining were found out. These studies supported the assumption that non-sport stress contribute in the development of overtraining. Even though no research studies with quantitative research design examining this relationship were found out, they supported the relationship between parent-initiated motivational climate and psychological outcomes associated with sport participation, such as maladaptive behavioural patterns, that are considered to be risks factors to overtraining.

IntroductionObesiTIC is a project which aims to investigate innovative information and communication technologies resulting in a new ICT tool specifically designed for children and teenagers, in order to acquire healthy lifestyles, promoting physical activity and avoiding health and social problems associated with obesity and overweight. This is achieved through its co-design and validation with children and teens following a Living Lab approach through SPORTIS Living Lab, a European Network of Living Lab's effective member. Objectives 1. To develop an innovative solution that would enable healthrelated behaviour changes, increase motivation, promote physical activity and reduce prolonged sedentary time in users, thanks to persuasive and ubiquitous computing techniques. 2. To be validated by SPORTIS Living Lab. Following SPORTIS aim to involve society in the innovation process, ObesiTIC will be validated by end-users (children and teenagers) combined with the development of the application and final product, in order to suit and respect all the needs and aspects of the users' requirements. Methods A Living Lab methodology is implemented:1. Exploring and identifying potential end users 2. Co-design with end users 3. Testing through focus groups Expected Results1. Visibility, recognition and implication by the administration, user groups and SMEs. 2. Different cross-border and local activities, like the People Olympics Initiative, which is an international initiative for social innovation based on collective physical activity competitions between cities around the world. 3. Scale the project up to all ages and to different European countries contributing to the initiative, involving European SMEs to test and validate it. A2Ocean Living Lab. An innovative structure for co-conception and experimentation in nautical sports Jokin Garatea, Idoia Muñoz GAIA, Association of Electronic and Information Technologies in the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Correspondence: Idoia Muñoz (idoia@gaia.es) BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017, 9(Suppl 1):A2 IntroductionOcean Living Lab comprises a new level of collaborative endeavour, pooling energies, capabilities and methodologies to resolve common problems, to innovate around new uses and to test new equipment in nautical sports much more effectively. Ocean LL intends to address the territorial challenges of promoting the marine/ aquatic sector and the competitiveness of these enterprises through open innovation, bringing together economic operators (water sector and technologies), user communities, R&D centers and universities to build a marine sector of excellence and an economic development engine. Objectives -To foster the practice of the greatest number of water-related activities by developing new and entirely safe usages in a preserved environment. -To make the Basque coast a land of excellence for coconception and experimentation in real conditions of new products and services in nautical sports by developing optimal conditions for participation by all kinds...

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