Aug 3, 2016 · Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective equipment of any kind. Above about 50 feet, any fall …

Mar 18, 2019 · Professional rock climber Alex Honnold and MUSC researcher Jane Joseph, Ph.D., are an odd pairing. But a chance meeting in 2016 led an athlete to gain a better …

Oct 29, 2018 · One of the most commented on segments of Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarelyhi's 'Free Solo'--the film that details Alex Honnold's incredible free solo climb of El Capitan in …

Just like Honnold, the control object said that what he saw in the scanner did not warn him in any way. But in fMRI images of the two men's responses to these highly stimulating …

Oct 4, 2018 · The University of South Carolina School of Medicine decided to examine Alex Honnold’s brain. They did an MRI. The first thing they checked was if the young man had an …

Apr 14, 2022 · Figure 4: Dr Jane Joseph and a lab member load Alex Honnold into their MRI machine 6. A recent interview with Honnold sheds light on his perspective of his own brain’s …

Jun 7, 2017 · YOU may have already heard about Alex Honnold, who climbed the mighty El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any safety gear on the weekend. The elite rock …

May 28, 2023 · Learn how Alex Honnold—the first person to free solo Yosemite’s 3,000 foot El Capitan—deals with fear at all levels of life’s playing field.

In 2016 you got an MRI scan to determine if there was something in your brain that makes you experience fear differently than the rest of us. I mean, it wasn't exactly rigorous science but …

Aug 5, 2016 · In an interesting article in the magazine Nautilus, J.B. MacKinnon, reports that a brain scan (fMRI) of free solo climber, Alex Honnold’s brain explains why he is so willing to risk …