This is your brain on sports

This is your brain on sports athletes may be paid millions, but implicit in the bargain is that ownership of their bodies is no longer entirely theirs. This is your brain on sports is an entertaining and thoughtprovoking journey into how psychology and behavioral science collide with the universe of winsandlosses, coaching changes, underdogs, and. These are some of the questions explored in a new book, this is your brain on sports, by psychology professor sam sommers and sports journalist jon wertheim. Beating blocks, slumps and performance anxiety for good. Jon wertheim of sports illustrated and sam sommers tufts university experimental psychologist tackle in their new book this is your brain on sports. This is your brain on sports provides the answers and the cure for athletes, their coaches and parents about beating blocks, slumps and performance fears for good.

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