
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
The Science of Sports Obsession
Eric Simons(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 6. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-4683-0877-8 (ISBN)
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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Edition
Reprint
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4683-0877-8 (9781468308778)
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Eric Simons is the author of Darwin Slept Here, also published by Overlook. He is a contributor to NPR's Radiolab and lives in San Francisco.