The dilemma of physiological and social emotions in sports
Abstract
The link between the emotions and the physiological variables is increasingly researched by the field of study of Physical Education and Sport. The aim of this work, which is the result of a bibliographic review, is to analyze those studies researching the possible correlations, both positive and negative, between the emotions and the biological parameters. In this sense, at a hormonal level, this work will analyze the relationship between cortisol and the psychophysiological stress, where this hormone is a factor that can be used as an indicator of the emotional state, and where a prolonged negative emotional state can entail psychophysical disorders. Regarding the analysis on the electroencephalographic activity and the emotions,
it must be noticed the close relationship between them – we can create reliable
databases of emotions resulting from physiological signs. We also find close links
between the heart rate variability and the mood. Finally, we analyze works that study the relationship between the body composition and the mental identity, and we find a correlation between the positive emotion and the type of somatotype.
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