The Extreme Sports Brain
Description
This video clip investigates why some people pursue adrenaline-producing activities. Meet Chuck Berry, a former aeronautical engineer and king of extreme sports in thrill-seeker epicenter Queenstown, New Zealand, as he muses on the balance between fear and fun. A forensic psychiatrist who studies the effect of stress on performance weighs in Berry's physiological resistance to anxiety, which he suggests comes at a high price.
Runtime
11 min
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2008
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=47630
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