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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Heading footballs immediately alters brain function, new university study finds

Even a brief session of heading a football immediately alters brain function and the way the brain communicates with the muscles around it, a new study has shown.

Participants who headed 20 footballs in succession did not improve their performance on a cognitive task with practice, whereas a control group who performed headers in virtual reality did.

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