Your brain on Cubs : inside the heads of players and fans by Gordon, Dan, 1953- instant download

Your brain on Cubs : inside the heads of players and fans by Gordon, Dan, 1953- instant download

ix, 165 pages : 24 cm, Chicago Cubs fans offer a unique conduit for understanding how our brain lets us believe in a \"curse\", and what makes a day at the ballpark so enjoyable. For the players, brain research offers insight into what makes it possible to hit a fastball traveling 95-miles an hour, Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index, The depts of loyalty: exploring the brain of a die-hard fan / Jordan Grafman -- Developing talent: expertise and the brain / Scott Grafton -- Why did Casey strike out? The neuroscience of hitting / John Milton, Ana Solodkin, Steven L. Small -- Curses! / Tom Valeo, Lindsay Beyerstein -- Risks and asterisks: neurological enhancements in baseball / Bennett Foddy -- Baseball and handedness / Kenneth M. Heilman -- It isn't whether you win or lose, it whether you win: agony and ecstasy in the brain / Kelli Whitlock Burton, Hillary R. Rodman