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“The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber”

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , , , on July 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

“Alex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.”

[Pictures and text from nautil.us]

NO BIG DEAL: Technician James Purl and neuroscientist Jane E. Joseph put Honnold into an MRI tube to measure his brain’s fear levels. After looking at gruesome and arousing images inside, he commented, “I was like, whatever.”©2016 NGC Network International, LLC and NGC Network US, LLC

ABSENCE OF FEAR: Scans compare Honnold’s brain (left) with a control subject’s (right), a rock climber of a similar age. Crosshairs mark the amygdala, a group of nuclei involved in generating fear. As both climbers look at the same arousing images, the control subject’s amygdala glows, while Honnold’s remains inert, showing no activity whatsoever. Jane Joseph

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber

More: https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2019/03/18/how-a-neuroscientist-and-professional-climber-learned-from-one-another. (MUSC is Jane Joseph, PhD’s home institution. Please test all presidential candidates (https://pathwhisperer.info/2020/06/09/to-swing-the-military-back-into-line-trump-should-immediately-order-that-all-active-generals-be-tested-for-psychopathy).)

I would be very interested in Alex’s opinion of the vaxx. Psychopaths know exactly what it is and wish to cripple/hack/enslave the rest of us. Not sure what his disorder is.

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