Researchers from Boston University's CTE Center explained at a medical conference Thursday that Aaron Hernandez suffered from the most severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy ever seen in somebody his age, according to Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post.
The researches say his Stage III CTE was the first case this bad discovered in somebody younger than 46 years old, and the damage from the brain disease would have significantly affected his decision-making, cognition and judgment, according to The Post.
Hernandez's 27-year-old brain is one of few that young to be studied by BU's researchers, so Dr.