Does heading a soccer ball damage your brain? Dr. Michael Alosco — clinical neuropsychologist, professor of neurology at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and co-director of clinical research at the BU CTE Center — explains why chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) risk is driven by the lifetime load of repetitive head impacts, not by how many concussions a player has had.
He covers what MRI and blood biomarker studies show about heading and white matter change, why soccer research lags far behind football, whether U.S. Soccer's youth heading limits go far enough, his verdict on Guardian Caps, and what he tells parents who want their kids to keep playing.
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