Take That! Athletes’ Victory Stances Are All About Dominance, Not Pride

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Take That! Athletes’ Victory Stances Are All About Dominance, Not Pride

In a study conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University, it turns out that athletes’ first reaction after victory is to strut. Those are contemporary signs of dominance, says the study’s author, David Matsumoto, a professor of psychology at the university who began studying the phenomenon after noticing it during his years as the U.S. Olympic coach for judo. While some have labeled the behavior as signs of pride, Matsumoto believes otherwise. The more he observed and thought about the reaction, the more Matsumoto became convinced that it was based on a need to express triumph, and dominance â€" and that it was something instinctive, that athletes weren’t even aware of conscious of doing.

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