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What’s Happening Inside Simone Biles’ Brain When the ‘Twisties’ Set In?

A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack.

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Nicoletta Lanese
2021
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Why Simone Biles Getting ‘the Twisties’ Was So Terrifying and What Recovery Could Look Like

This is clearly not a matter of an athlete struggling with technical aspects of a skill or not being physically prepared. There’s something else at work here.

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Dvora Meyers
2021
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Simone Biles and ‘the Twisties’: How Fear Affects Safety in Gymnasts

If her brain won’t play along with what her body knows how to do, she could be seriously injured.

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Simone Biles
2021
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Twisties and Yips: Simone Biles Reveals a Powerful Mind-Body Connection

“We are not really good at fully understanding the relationship between the brain and the mind, or the brain and performance."

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Anna Funk
2021
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