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February 9, 2016 03:55 pm GMT

Virtual reality app simulates concussions to educate athletes

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Sunday's Super Bowl is already a distant memory for some, but for family members of an athlete aspiring to one day make it to the big game, recent concerns related to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in sports continue to loom large.

Major movies like Concussion, starting Will Smith, turned the relatively niche issue of CTE into a mainstream debate over whether it's safe to allow your children to play sports like football given what we now know

Now, in an attempt to address some of the ongoing concerns around concussions in football, a team from the University of Arizona has created a virtual reality app called BrainGainz Read more...

More about Cte, Concussions, Football, Sports, and Google Cardboard

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