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

Simons, Eric

ISBN 10: 1590208641 / ISBN 13: 9781590208649

Editore: Harry N. Abrams, 2013

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Riassunto:

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 Jonah Lehrer and 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.

Informazioni sugli autori: Eric Simons is the author of Darwin Slept Here (published by Overlook). He is a contributor to NPR'sRadioLab, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others, and he teaches at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in San Francisco.

Eric Simons is the author of Darwin Slept Here (published by Overlook). He is a contributor to NPR's RadioLab, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others, and he teaches at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in San Francisco.

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Titolo: The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science...
Casa editrice: Harry N. Abrams
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket