The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed it will examine the brain of Shane Tamura—the gunman who fatally shot four people in a Manhattan office building last week—for signs of ...

In fact, in some respects, Donald Trump suits perfectly our dissonant national mind: On climate change: Trump contends it’s a hoax. Last week his Environmental Protection Agency rejected the idea that ...

John M. Crisp If nations can suffer from cognitive dissonance just as individuals can, it’s easy to see why we elected Donald Trump. A good place to start thinking about this is football: As I often ...

The New York City shooter who sought to attack NFL offices said he had a degenerative brain disease, called chronic traumatic ...

The progressive brain disease can be caused by repeated trauma to the head and has caused serious health problems for ...

After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...

CTE cannot be diagnosed until the patient has died and their brain examined. But doctors said there are symptoms such as ...

A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact ...

A note found on the man who opened fire at a New York City building is raising serious questions about chronic traumatic ...

Jul. 19—Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, first entered mainstream awareness two decades ago, when neuropathologist Bennet Omalu diagnosed it in the brain of former Steelers ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease that can only be diagnosed post-mortem via pathological autopsy. The primary risk factor for CTE is a history of repetitive head ...

One of the main obstacles scientists face when dealing with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder likely caused by repeated head injuries, is diagnosing it in the first place. Currently, ...