Lab Report

摘要

Football Fans Are Notoriously Passionaternabout their teams, and new research suggests that their emotional connection can put them at increased risk of a heart attack after the Super Bowl.rnScientists studying death rates in Los Angeles County-where two different teams have made it to the championship game-found that deaths from heart attacks rose in the weeks after the L.A. Rams lost the title game in 1980 but dropped slightly in the weeks following the Raiders' victory in 1984. Plus, the study reported, it wasn't just men who were affected but women as well.rnFor avid fans, high-stakes games like the Super Bowl can trigger the same kind of stress and fight-or-flight response as extreme events like earthquakes. It's not so much the win or loss that sets off the ticker but rather the intensity of the game and the fan's emotional attachment to the team. L.A.'s first Super Bowl, for instance, was a tight contest on home turf lost by a beloved team, while the victory years later was played out of state by a newly transplanted franchise. Loyalty, it seems, sometimes has a steep price.