Neural correlates of winning and losing while watching soccer matches

Hye Ju Park; Ren Xi Li; Jingu Kim; Sung Woon Kim; Doo Hwan Moon; Myung Hwa Kwon; Woo Jong Kim

doi:10.1080/00207450802480069

Neural correlates of winning and losing while watching soccer matches

Hye Ju Park, Ren Xi Li, Jingu Kim, Sung Woon Kim, Doo Hwan Moon, Myung Hwa Kwon, Woo Jong Kim

Department of Physical Education

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the emotions experienced by spectators when their favorite team wins or loses a soccer match using fMRI. Those who watched winning scenes showed activation of the right and left occipital lobes, left temporal lobe, left limbic lobe, middle occipital gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, guneus, and uncus. Those who watched losing scenes showed activation of the right frontal lobe and right limbic lobe. This result suggests that emotional suppression is much stronger in negative emotional responses than in positive responses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-87
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Neuroscience
Volume	119
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450802480069
State	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Emotion
fMRI
Losing
Neural activity
Soccer
Winning

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