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    Bad Vibes: How Hits To The Head Are Transferred To The Brain

    A question about heading soccer balls inspired a series of experiments to understand how the brain changes shape when someone's head takes a hit.
    by Jon Hamilton Dec 24, 2018 3 minutes
    Research inspired by soccer headers has lead to fresh insights into how the brain weathers hits to the head.

    It was a question about soccer that got Philip Bayly interested in brain injuries.

    Bayly, a mechanical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, was approached by several doctors who wanted advice about some young soccer players they were treating.

    "They said, 'Well, we've got some kids who have concussions and they want to know if they can go back to play. And we don't know what's happening to their head when they're heading a soccer ball,' " Bayly recalls.

    Does a header have a big effect or a small one?

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