The Neuroscience of Football

A reporter from Sports Illustrated called me up recently asking why it was so hard to memorize an NFL playbook. Talking to him made me realize that football is a great place to explore the processes of decision-making. So I’ve pulled togethe a set of posts on decision-making in football.

• The action on the field
• The perceptual arms race
• Separating strategy from the execution on the field
• Learning the playbook and learning from tape
• Peacemaking among primates

I’ll be posting them about once a week over the next month.