Physiology

Study Backs Suspicions That, For Some, Sports Really Are Better Than Sex

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, May 26th, 1997

Some would say that for die-hard Florida Gator fans, seeing their favorite team in action is better than sex. Now, University of Florida researchers have scientific evidence supporting it.

Researchers examining how people react to their emotions showed subjects a variety of photographs while recording their physiological and subjective responses. People categorized as extreme Gator sports fans showed stronger positive reactions to pictures of Gator sporting events than to erotic pictures.

"We were able to show that people who claim to be diehard Gator fans actually had the physiological responses to back it up, compared to the non-Gator fans," said...

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