During penalty shootouts, goalies fall prey to 'gambler's fallacy'
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 20:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Penalty kick shootouts are not a goalkeeper’s favorite way to settle a soccer match. Alone in the net, goalies must face off against a string of kickers and try to anticipate which way the ball will come hurtling toward the goal. Psychologists have long recognized that shots happen too fast for...