Bibliograph

Sport, a biological, philosophical, and cultural perspective, Jay Schulkin

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Label

Sport, a biological, philosophical, and cultural perspective, Jay Schulkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-217) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sport

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

947817239

Responsibility statement

Jay Schulkin

Sub title

a biological, philosophical, and cultural perspective

Summary

From the Olympians of ancient Greece to today's professional athletes, from adult pick-up soccer games to children's gymnastics classes, people at all levels of ability at all times and in all places have engaged in sport. What drives this phenomenon? In Sport, the neuroscientist Jay Schulkin argues that biology and culture do more than coexist when we play sports, they blend together seamlessly, propelling each other toward greater physical and intellectual achievement. To support this claim, Schulkin surveys history, literature, and art and engages the work of philosophers and the latest psychological and sociological research. He connects sport's basic neural requirements, including spatial and temporal awareness, inference, memory, agency, direction, competitive spirit, and endurance, to the demands of other human activities. He affirms sport's natural role as a creative evolutionary catalyst, turning the external play of sports inward and bringing profound insight to the diversion that defines our species. Sport, we learn, is a fundamental part of human life

Table Of Contents

The concept of sport -- Sports, brain, body and the world -- Evolution, play and sport -- Genetics, epigenetics and talent -- Regulation, recovery and resilience -- Running and the brain : neurogenesis -- Throwing, swimming and rowing -- Fairness and sports -- Dignity and beauty -- Conclusion

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