This is your brain on sports : the science of underdogs, the value of rivalry, and what we can learn from the T-shirt cannon /
The book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. 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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Archetype,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Your brain on sports
- Why the T-shirt cannon has something to teach us about human nature
- Why Tom Brady and all those other quarterbacks are so damned good-looking (or are they?)
- Why we channel our inner Mayweather and secretly crave disrespect
- Why we are all dog lovers at heart (but not deep in our hearts)
- Why hockey goons would rather fight at home
- The curse of the expert: why the best players make the worst coaches
- Acting on impluse : why we aren't so different from the sports hothead (L-O-B, Crabtree!)
- Why athletes don't need an empty bed before competition
- Why the coach's seat is always hot
- Why so many successful ultra-endurance athletes area also successful recovering addicts
- Why giving every little league kid a trophy is such a lousy idea
- Why rooting for the Mets is like building that IKEA desk
- Why we need rivals
- Why we want Gronk at our backyard barbecue-- and why he wants to be there
- Tribal warfare : why the agony of the other team's defeat feels just as good as the thrill of our team's victory
- Why we are all comeback kids
- Why running on a treadmill is like running a business
- Why the World Cup doesn't lead to world peace (even if J. Lo and Pitbull claim otherwise)
- Why our moral compass is more flexible than an Olympic gymnast
- Why unlocking the mystery of human consciousness is-- like so much else in life-- all about sports.