Yankee Fans keep enemy Red Sox closer

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 19:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Fans of the New York Yankees incorrectly perceive Fenway Park, home of the archrival Boston Red Sox, to be closer to New York City than is Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles, psychologists have found. Their research shows how social categorization, collective identification, and identity threat work in concert to shape our representations of the physical world.

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