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From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: LEIS Subject: Re: AAAS Kali Science Journalism Award Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:00:51 +0000 Inline-Images: JB-MacKinnonjpg Cell 212-533-3739 On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 12:35 PM LHS > wrote: Where r u. Did u really write my wife that "kids don't read" You must have perspectives on current events.... Sent from my iPhone Please direct all scheduling inquiries to my office at: Follow me on twitter @lhsummers www.lanysummers.com Begin forwarded message: From: John Steele Date: November 15, 2017 at 12:28:51 PM EST To: Lisa New >, Lhs < > Subject: AAAS Kali Science Journalism Award Lisa and Larry, For the second time in three years, a Nautilus article has won the prestigious AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award. J.B. MacKinnon, a Canadian freelancer for Nautilus, won the Silver Award in the magazine category for a piece exploring why Alex Honnold, who climbs towering rock walls without ropes or protective equipment, does not experience fear like the rest of us. SILVER AWARD J.B. MacKinnon J.B. MacKinnon Nautilus "The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber" July/August 2016 EFTA00954539 Alex Honnold, the world's greatest solo climber, doesn't experience fear like the rest of us. He climbs to dizzying heights without a rope or protective equipment of any kind, shuffles across narrow sills of stone such as the "Thank God" ledge high atop the sheer granite face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. When J.B. MacKinnon, a Canadian freelance writer, approached Honnold about having scientists look at what goes on in his unusual brain, the climber said he once would have been afraid to submit himself to such scrutiny. But he agreed, and the result was a fascinating tour of the topography and activity of Honnold's brain. When he and a control subject, another sensation-seeking rock climber, viewed gruesome, high-arousal photographs during functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, Honnold's amygdala — the brain's fear center — showed zero activation while the other climber's lit up like a neon sign. The piece goes on to describe the known functions of the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, another brain structure, and explores the concepts of consolidation and visualization. The study of Honnold's brain was strictly observational, but the researcher involved said it raises intriguing questions about brain control and regulation that might be applicable to other conditions such as anxiety disorders. "Everyone seemed to be saying that Alex Honnold must be 'wired differently' in order to pull off his incredible feats of ropeless rock climbing, and I thought 'Well, these days we can find out if that's true," MacKinnon said. 'The answer proved to be more complicated and more fascinating. In the end, my own relationship with fear and climbing was so deeply changed that I was able to do some very humble ropeless rock climbing myself." Robert Lee Hotz, a science writer for the The Wall StreetJoumal said MacKinnon's story "lights up with the joy of great reporting and ambitious enterprise: Who else would put the world's most adventurous free climber into a brain scanner to probe the neural circuits that make most of us shudder, squirm and squeal with panic?" Very exciting for Nautilus, John John Steele Publisher & Editorial Director Nautilus 25 Broadway. 9th Floor New York, NY 10004 212-221-3870 x 302 www nautil.us EFTA00954540  please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00954541