Columbia: Soccer Heading Does Most Damage to Brain Area Critical for Cognition
September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University issued the following news:
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Soccer Heading Does Most Damage to Brain Area Critical for Cognition
Junction between white and gray matter--in the outermost brain layer just behind the forehead--sustains the most the damage from heading
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For those of us who winced every time a water-logged leather ball struck our heads during soccer practice, it's perhaps no surprise that f . . .
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Soccer Heading Does Most Damage to Brain Area Critical for Cognition
Junction between white and gray matter--in the outermost brain layer just behind the forehead--sustains the most the damage from heading
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For those of us who winced every time a water-logged leather ball struck our heads during soccer practice, it's perhaps no surprise that f . . .