This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and what We Can Learn from...
- ISBN-10
- 0553447408
- ISBN-13
- 9780553447408
- Category
- Athletes
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Authors
- L. Jon Wertheim, Sam Sommers
Description
The executive editor of "Sports Illustrated" and a psychologist join forces to examine the behavior of those involved in professional sports, explaining how athletes can successfully put aside personal trauma on game day and why people love to root for aloser.
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- 2017-02-07
- 288 pages
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