Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans

ISBN-10: 1932594280
ISBN-13: 9781932594287
Category: Baseball fans
Language: English
Published: 2008
Author: Dan Gordon

Description

Chicago Cubs fans offer a unique conduit for understanding how our brain lets us believe in a "curse", and what makes a day at the ballpark so enjoyable. For the players, brain research offers insight into what makes it possible to hit a fastball traveling 95-miles an hour.

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