18Dec 2017

THE EXCITEMENT THEORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS.

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During the recent years, there has been quite a controversy whether watching exciting matches like World Cup Soccer, Super Bowl matches, etc. could have a cardiovascular risk on spectators (while a positive correlation has been established in cases of exciting events like earthquake, war, etc.). Some studies reported a positive correlation while some studies reported no or negative correlation when cardiovascular risk was assessed on spectators watching exciting matches. I have tried to resolve this dispute with the help of a general theory on human behaviour using the ?excitement? emotion as a mathematical factor, to explain the different observations and results of various studies of games.

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[Asad Reza. (2017); THE EXCITEMENT THEORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 1003-1015] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Asad Reza
Junior Resident, Biophysics Department, AIIMS, New Delhi.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6049      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6049

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