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Ontario university study finds hockey fanatics get more excited for faceoffs | Globalnews.ca

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University of Waterloo, Canada , conducted a study on the brain activity of committed and casual hockey fans.

Undergrads were strapped with a brain imaging device strapped to their head.

Researchers found that more committed and passionate hockey fans had significantly more activation in the regions of the brain responsible for evaluating and judging social situations than more casual viewers.

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