Crush

[Christa Faust]

I often get these obsessions, like a crush on a certain topic, whenever I’m working on something new. My latest crush: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as dementia pugilistica or “Punch Drunk Syndrome.” I’m particularly intrigued by the more subtle, esoteric cognitive effects such as irrational jealousy, poor impulse control, and deterioration of social inhibitions. Now that a microscopic autopsy has been performed on Chris Benoit, it’s looking like CTE, not steroid use, was the real cause of the horrific mental breakdown that ended in murder suicide.

Currently reading: Sports Neuropsychology: Assessment and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury