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Simons, Eric

 
9781468308778: The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1468308777 ISBN 13 : 9781468308778
Editeur : Overlook Books, 2014

Synopsis

Sports fandom is either an aspect of a person’s fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who aren’t fans at all. 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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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Overlook Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1468308777
ISBN 13 
9781468308778
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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