The Resource This is your brain on sports, L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers
This is your brain on sports, L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- This is your brain on sports
- Title
- This is your brain on sports
- Statement of responsibility
- L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers
- Subject
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- trueCognition and culture
- trueAthletes
- trueSports -- Psychological aspects
- trueCompetition
- trueSports and Competition -- General
- trueProfessional sports
- trueSports -- Miscellanea
- trueWinning and losing -- Psychological aspects
- trueSociety and culture -- Psychology and human behavior
- trueNeurology
- trueProfessional athletes
- trueHuman behavior -- Neurological aspects
- trueNationalism and sports
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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 a loser
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10470296
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wertheim, L. Jon
- Dewey number
- 796.01/9
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Sommers, Sam
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sports
- Sports
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- This is your brain on sports, L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn931226597
- Extent
- 1 volume.
- Isbn
- 9780553447408
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015021731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)931226597
- Label
- This is your brain on sports, L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn931226597
- Extent
- 1 volume.
- Isbn
- 9780553447408
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015021731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)931226597
Subject
- trueAthletes
- trueCognition and culture
- trueCompetition
- trueHuman behavior -- Neurological aspects
- trueNationalism and sports
- trueNeurology
- trueProfessional athletes
- trueProfessional sports
- trueSociety and culture -- Psychology and human behavior
- trueSports -- Miscellanea
- trueSports -- Psychological aspects
- trueSports and Competition -- General
- trueWinning and losing -- Psychological aspects
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