Low competitive status elicits aggression in healthy young men: Behavioural and neural evidence

Winners are commonly assumed to compete more aggressively than losers. Here, we find overwhelming evidence for the opposite. We first demonstrate that low-ranking teams commit more fouls than they receive in top-tier soccer, ice hockey and basketball men's leagues. We replicate this effect in t...

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Main Authors: Buades-Rotger, M. (Author), Göttlich, M. (Author), Keevil, B.G (Author), Krämer, U.M (Author), Petereit, P. (Author), Scheidt, T. (Author), Weiblen, R. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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