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The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession

By Eric Simons

Book information

Publisher
Abrams, Inc. (Ignition)
Year
2013
ISBN
9781468307580
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
593 kB (607324 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-08 18:07:47
Sports & Recreations; Nonfiction; SPO000000

Description

What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest readers of Malcolm Gladwell. Through reading the literature and attending neuroscience conferences, talking to fans, psychologists, and scientists, and working through his issues as part of a collaboration with the NPR science program RadioLab, Eric Simons hoped to find an answer that would explain why the attractive force of this relationship with treasured sports teams is so great that we can't leave it.

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