a kid who has suffered a concussion – even a mild one – is 15% less likely to go on to higher education in adulthood. long-term impact of traumatic brain injury on learning <<< American Football / USA aggressive male on male violence praised as ideal parenting, brain damage Clown Population

The long-lasting effects of concussion on the brain have become increasingly evident in recent years, highlighted by scientific research. Much of that research relates to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained during adult contact sports. When it comes to kids, though, there can be a fair bit of inadvertent head-bumping outside the sporting field.

New research led by the University of Tampere in Finland has investigated how a TBI sustained during childhood can negatively impact adult education.

“A mild, single concussion is often considered a relatively harmless event, but our research suggests that it can have long-term effects on learning and cognitive abilities,” said Julius Möttönen, a doctoral researcher at the University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology and the study’s lead and corresponding author. “This should get more attention in both healthcare and schools.”

A TBI is defined as brain damage or a disruption to brain function caused by a sudden external force. Based on clinical findings and brain scan results, it is usually categorized as mild, intermediate, or severe. According to a 2023 study, the incidence of mild pediatric TBI (pTBI) increased in Finland between 1998 and 2018.

Male on male violence and aggression (as is male on female) is very common in USA culture, hazing rituals in middle school and high school. Aggression is seen as attractive to women, and like animals with horns in their head (Animals with horns use them for various purposes, from indicating dominance and fighting over females to playful headbutting contests) - males attack other males trying to dominate them with violence against the skull to make a show of power and their indoctrinated teaching of what it means to be an “alpha male” in life. People in USA often blame lead paint and lead plumbing, ignoring the male and male glorified violence and parenting of teaching men to have Donald Trump Reality TV entertainer as intelligence role model / status symbol, and sports stars like OJ Simpson as role models. Manipulative, violent adoring, male on male violence praising culture and society upbringing that attacks, stalks, and bullies universities / departments of education and learning, wishing to hold back girls and boys both from comprehension and understanding in favor of male on male violence leadership rituals.

“Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. (1995) I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. As I write, the number-one videocassette rental in America is the movie Dumb and Dumber. “Beavis and Butthead” remain popular (and influential) with young TV viewers. The plain lesson is that study and learning—not just of science, but of anything—are avoidable, even undesirable.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, year 1995