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| Title |
North American Football Fans Show Neurofunctional Differences in Response to Violence: Implications for Public Health and Policy
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Public Health, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00177 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas A. Daniel, Kyle M. Townsend, Yun Wang, David S. Martin, Jeffrey S. Katz, Gopikrishna Deshpande |
| Abstract |
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 violent imagery. Participants viewed images of violence in both football and non-football settings while high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were acquired from their brains. Neurological activation was compared between these violence types and between groups. Fans of football show diminished activation in brain regions involved in pain perception and empathy such as the anterior cingulate cortex, fusiform gyrus, insula, and temporal pole when viewing violence in the context of football compared to more broadly violent images. Non-fans of football showed no such effect for the types of violent imagery and had higher activation levels than fans of football for the specified brain regions. These differences show that fans of football may perceive violence differently when it is in the context of football. These fan attitudes have potential policy implications for addressing the issue of concussions in North American football. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 39% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 67% |
| Scientists | 4 | 22% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 34 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 34 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 18% |
| Researcher | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 13 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 24% |
| Psychology | 3 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 6% |
| Engineering | 2 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 129. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2024.
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