Uncharted Passion, Disrupted Hormones And Weird Superstitions – The Life Of A Football Fan

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 22:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Australian Football League. Credit: Deirdre/FlickrBy Steve Ellen, Monash UniversityIt’s Grand Final season – it might seem that nothing else matters about now.Writing about the psychology of football is like writing about the psychology of love. A fool’s business. Nothing (so far) has quite made sense of how 100,000 people turn up to shout and scream, cry and gasp, and pin their fortunes on a bunch of athletes running around crashing into each other at the limits of human endurance.It’s just good honest fun. Well, mostly honest.Fan passion read more

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