{"649306":{"#nid":"649306","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What Psychological Impact Does A \u0027No-Crowds Olympics\u0027 Have On Athletes?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile the fan-less Tokyo Olympics\u0026nbsp;isn\u0026rsquo;t shaping up to be the joyless games\u0026nbsp;some predicted it might be,\u0026nbsp;the games\u0026nbsp;have\u0026nbsp;been a little more subdued than usual. Out of concern for rising Covid-19 cases,\u0026nbsp;spectators were banned from the usually bustling venues and stadiums of the Olympics at the eleventh hour, putting pressure on coaches and teammates to supply even more supportive cheering than usual. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/bruce-n-walker\u0022\u003EBruce Walker,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchools of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;gives his take on how that may impact athletes and the competition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-06 13:41:18","changed_gmt":"2021-08-06 13:41:18","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Society for Human Resource Management","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/no-noise-olympics-psychological-effect_l_60fb11d8e4b0d017f8345560","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"1937","name":"Bruce Walker"},{"id":"188214","name":"Tokyo Olympics"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}