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9780553447408 English 0553447408 "In This Is Your Brain on Sports , Jon Wertheim, bestselling coauthor of Scorecasting (with Toby Moskowitz) and You Can't Make This Up (with Al Michaels), teams up with Tufts psychologist and acclaimed author Sam Sommers ( Situations Matter ) to take readers behind the scenes of the world of sports to show us why athletes (and commentators) so often resort to war metaphors to describe what they do on the field and on the court; how athletes are able to put aside the death of loved ones and other traumatic losses on game dayuand why they often perform better in the face of such tragedy; why athletes choke under pressure; how neuroscience can help explain why sports fans love to root for a loser, thanks to "effort justification'; the power of self-handicapping in inspiring performance; and how the certainty of a finish line can lift you to overcome your physical limits. A fascinating journey into the psychology, behavioral science, and latest findings on athletic performance, This Is Your Brain on Sports promises to be THE book for sports fans of all backgrounds on better understanding how athletes win and lose.", This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride into the inner world of sports. Through the prism of behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology, they reveal the hidden influences and surprising cues that inspire and derail us--on the field and in the stands--and by extension, in corporate board rooms, office settings, and our daily lives. In this irresistible narrative romp, Wertheim and Sommers usher us from professional football to the NBA to Grand Slam tennis, from the psychology of athletes self-handicapping their performance in the boxing ring or the World Series, to an explanation of why even the glimpse of a finish line can lift us beyond ordinary physical limits. They explore why Tom Brady and other starting NFL quarterbacks all seem to look like fashion models; why fans of teams like the Cubs, Mets, and any franchise from Cleveland love rooting for a loser; why the best players make the worst coaches; why hockey goons (and fans) would rather fight at home than on the road; and why the arena t-shirt cannon has something to teach us about human nature. In short, this book is an entertaining and thought-provoking journey into how psychology and behavioral science collide with the universe of wins-and-losses, coaching changes, underdogs, and rivalry games.
9780553447408 English 0553447408 "In This Is Your Brain on Sports , Jon Wertheim, bestselling coauthor of Scorecasting (with Toby Moskowitz) and You Can't Make This Up (with Al Michaels), teams up with Tufts psychologist and acclaimed author Sam Sommers ( Situations Matter ) to take readers behind the scenes of the world of sports to show us why athletes (and commentators) so often resort to war metaphors to describe what they do on the field and on the court; how athletes are able to put aside the death of loved ones and other traumatic losses on game dayuand why they often perform better in the face of such tragedy; why athletes choke under pressure; how neuroscience can help explain why sports fans love to root for a loser, thanks to "effort justification'; the power of self-handicapping in inspiring performance; and how the certainty of a finish line can lift you to overcome your physical limits. A fascinating journey into the psychology, behavioral science, and latest findings on athletic performance, This Is Your Brain on Sports promises to be THE book for sports fans of all backgrounds on better understanding how athletes win and lose.", This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride into the inner world of sports. Through the prism of behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology, they reveal the hidden influences and surprising cues that inspire and derail us--on the field and in the stands--and by extension, in corporate board rooms, office settings, and our daily lives. In this irresistible narrative romp, Wertheim and Sommers usher us from professional football to the NBA to Grand Slam tennis, from the psychology of athletes self-handicapping their performance in the boxing ring or the World Series, to an explanation of why even the glimpse of a finish line can lift us beyond ordinary physical limits. They explore why Tom Brady and other starting NFL quarterbacks all seem to look like fashion models; why fans of teams like the Cubs, Mets, and any franchise from Cleveland love rooting for a loser; why the best players make the worst coaches; why hockey goons (and fans) would rather fight at home than on the road; and why the arena t-shirt cannon has something to teach us about human nature. In short, this book is an entertaining and thought-provoking journey into how psychology and behavioral science collide with the universe of wins-and-losses, coaching changes, underdogs, and rivalry games.