How Do Athletes’ Brains Control Their Movements?

A pair of neuroscientists are working with Major League Baseball to help measure the mental aspects of a batter’s swing.

By ZACH SCHONBRUNAPRIL 13, 2018


Jason Sherwin and Jordan Muraskin, the co-founders of deCervo, were only in town for two days. Their sort of expertise is not easily replaceable. The club paid $2,000 to fly them to Arizona. As the ballplayers tapped on their keyboards, and Manny waited on the couch, Sherwin and Muraskin shushed about, adjusting the hairnets. They chatted idly with Frank about the upcoming fantasy football season, but there were giveaways that they were not members of a typical athletic entourage.