North American Football Fans Show Neurofunctional Differences in Response to Violence: Implications for Public Health and Policy

• Main Authors: Thomas A. Daniel (Author), Kyle M. Townsend (Author), Yun Wang (Author), David S. Martin (Author), Jeffrey S. Katz (Author), Gopikrishna Deshpande (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While social and behavioral effects of violence in the media have been studied extensively, much less is known about how sports affect perceptions of violence. The current study examined neurofunctional differences between fans and non-fans of North American football (a contact sport) while viewing...