Our brains change by the millisecond with every sound and movement. Everything from exercise to sleep shifts its function. But observing and studying those changes in real time, and over a long period, is rare in science. Instead, researchers often rely on isolated snapshots of brain activity — potentially leaving crucial details about the inner workings of our brains out. But a unique new study attempts to start filling in these gaps.
A paper out this week from researchers in Finland tracked brain activity over the course of 5 months and found that factors like sleep and exercise might have compounding changes in the brain that endure for longer that researchers thought. This study’s results published today in the journal PLoS Biology.
