THE SECRET LIVES OF SPORTS FANS: THE SCIENCE OF SPORTS OBSESSION

Book ID/图书代码： 03830513B63280

English Summary/英文概要： Sports fandom is either an aspect of a person’s fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who aren’t fans at all. What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest readers of Jonah Lehrer and Malcolm Gladwell.
Through reading the literature and attending neuroscience conferences, talking to fans, psychologists, and scientists, and working through his issues as part of a collaboration with the NPR science program RadioLab, Eric Simons hoped to find an answer that would explain why the attractive force of this relationship with treasured sports teams is so great that we can’t leave it.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 為什麼運動比賽會讓人狂熱？你是屬於理性還感性的球迷？當我們因比賽情緒高漲時，我們的大腦和身體會有什麼樣反應呢？運動迷和政治迷有什麼差別嗎？
球迷的表情可以反應最真實的比賽！
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作者是美國公共廣播電台及洛杉磯時報的記者Eric Simons，擅長編寫科學、體育及自然等文章報導，本身也是標準的運動迷。這本探究運動迷心理及生理的書，是他參加許多神經科學座談會議，並與球迷、心理學家及科學家多次交談後，在美國公共廣播電台的計畫協助下完成，此書試圖解釋運動所帶來吸引力及為什麼我們無法離開它？

Awards/获奖情况："Simons is open and patient to intelligent theories but skeptical and willing to trust in his own experiences. He is also a bit of a tempered hepcat ... informal amid all the lab work and theory building, yet diligently fashioning a window through which to witness the arch of human emotions and, surprisingly, the degree of choice and control we possess over those emotions. An intriguing ride through "all the wondrous quirks and oddities in human nature."" -Kirkus Reviews
"Weaving interviews with researchers with his own experiences in stadiums and barrooms, the author succeeds in making some pretty dense subject matter accessible. ... The work stands as a convincing argument that, for many people, their relationship with their chosen team is the most complicated and rewarding one in their lives." -Maclean’s
"Eric Simons is the perfect play-by-play announcer for this event, for the simple reason that, as an avid fan himself, he has skin in the game—as well as genes and nerves and dopamine receptors. Simons has a gift for explaining the serious science of sport without losing the edge-of-your-seat thrill and raging despair of the game. Red Barber, eat your pericardium out."--Russ Rymer, author of Paris Twilight
"[Simons] provides a fascinating glimpse into why sports culture is what it is. Sports fans will find this a powerful tool for self-examination." --Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Eric Simons is the author of Darwin Slept Here (published by Overlook). He is a contributor to NPR’s RadioLab, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others, and he teaches at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in San Francisco.

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