Do "Game Faces" Really Work in Sports?

When it's time to play in the big game against your fiercest rivals, you might put on your "game face." But how much does this expression affect your opponents? And might you also be affecting yourself? Hosted by: Anthony Brown ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org/ ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.researchgate.net/publication/264899935_When_yo… www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677147/pdf/n… www.kheljournal.com/archives/2015/vol1issue6/PartB… psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fbul000019… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121045/ www.researchgate.net/publication/336558774_Game_Fa… psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0014037 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016… www.researchgate.net/publication/24439424_Emotions… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859192/ Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osaka07_D6A_M200M_… www.istockphoto.com/photo/female-soccer-player-gm6… www.istockphoto.com/photo/bossy-man-gm168277092-17… www.istockphoto.com/vector/smileys-emoji-and-gestu… www.istockphoto.com/vector/cartoon-color-human-bod… www.istockphoto.com/photo/wide-eyed-worried-man-lo… www.istockphoto.com/photo/closed-portrait-of-asian… www.istockphoto.com/photo/diverse-people-holding-e… www.istockphoto.com/vector/a-character-drawing-a-l… www.istockphoto.com/photo/fierce-female-basketball… www.istockphoto.com/photo/cute-red-and-white-corgi… www.istockphoto.com/photo/brain-model-with-neuron-… www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-young-woman-ma… www.istockphoto.com/vector/hand-drawn-extractable-… www.istockphoto.com/photo/blank-jigsaw-puzzle-rand… www.istockphoto.com/photo/what-you-were-expecting-… www.istockphoto.com/photo/funny-young-asian-guy-sh… www.istockphoto.com/photo/two-boys-are-eating-a-le… www.istockphoto.com/photo/focused-teens-playing-vi… www.istockphoto.com/photo/kids-in-sport-gm80044553… www.istockphoto.com/photo/summer-soccer-tournament… www.istockphoto.com/photo/female-kickboxer-trainin…

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