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‘I Want All the Spirits that Are in Here to Favor Me.’ How Adam Ottavino Uses Earthing to Help Him Focus on Pitching

By Stan Grossfield — 2021

At 2 p.m., Adam Ottavino, the Red Sox’ setup man, emerged from the empty dugout in shorts and a T-shirt. He immediately kicked off his flip-flops, and he was barefoot in the park. Fenway Park, that is.

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Pain and the brain

Tracy Ward explores some of the neurological and behavioural changes that pain can bring about, and the implications for clinicians with athletes in their care.

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Tracy Ward
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If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change

Scientists are looking into what psychedelics do to inspire people to act pro-environmentally.

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Shayla Love
2019
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Stephen W. Porges, PhD: Q&A About Freezing, Fainting, and the ‘Safe’ Sounds of Music Therapy

[Porges'] widely-cited polyvagal theory contends that living creatures facing or sensing mortal danger will immobilize, even “play dead,” as a last resort.

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Margot Slade
2018
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The Yips

What’s behind the condition that every golfer dreads?

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David Owen
2014
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Six Habits of the Athlete Mindset

What’s the X factor that makes the world’s greatest athletes great? Find out —and learn how to discover it within yourself.

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Nike Content Team
2020
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Mapping Emotions On The Body: Love Makes Us Warm All Over

When a team of scientists in Finland asked people to map out where they felt different emotions on their bodies, they found that the results were surprisingly consistent, even across cultures.

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Michaleen Doucleff
2013
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Brain Mechanisms that Give the Iceman Unusual Resistance to Cold

Dutch adventurer Wim Hof is known as ‘The Iceman’ for good reason. Hof established several world records for prolonged resistance to cold exposure, an ability he attributes to a self-developed set of techniques of breathing and meditation—known as the Wim Hof Method.

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Wayne State University—Office of the Vice President for Research
2018
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The Science of Healing Thoughts

A growing body of scientific research suggests that our mind can play an important role in healing our body — or in staying healthy in the first place.

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Gareth Cook
2016
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Childhood, Disrupted

Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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When Life Flashes Before Your Eyes: A 15-Story Drop to Study the Brain’s Internal Timewarp

Understanding how the brain perceives the passage of time could lead to treatments for mental illnesses. Why does time seem to slow down during a life-threatening situation? Our reporter falls 15 stories to find out.

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Steven Kotler
2010
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