“Who wants to touch a brain?” I expected several girls to raise their hands hesitantly and the others to shy away. Contrary to my expectations, nearly every girl in the room raised her hand, their feet a pinch too short for the lab stools in Rebstock, hands already grabbing for the goggles we loaned. Leading…
The fragility of our brains becomes painfully apparent when we consider the thousands of deaths each year resulting from motor collisions, falls, violence, and athletic injuries (11). In the United States, approximately 1.7 million people every year sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which are characterized by a penetrating blow to the head. TBI’s wide spectrum…
Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Webster. Former Steelers guard Terry Long. Philadelphia Eagles safety Andre Waters. Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive guard Tom McHale. Are any of these names familiar? All these men were casualties of the gridiron and suffered from a newly discovered neurological disease. The December 2015 release of the feature film Concussion…
In the film Lucy, a student asks his professor “… what would happen if … somebody unlocked one hundred percent of the cerebral capacity?” While the professor replies “I don’t know,” the informed reader of this article might scoff and respond: “Dude, that myth is absurd.” The myth in question is the so-called “ten…