Scientist Scans His Brain Twice A Week For 18 Months

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In most scientific studies involving our own species, a specific group of people is chosen and assessed by the scientists leading the study. It’s particularly rare that it’s the scientists themselves being examined, but one Stanford psychologist decided to do just that by monitoring his own brain activity for a year and a half. His results are published in Nature Communications, and reveal that the brain, as many suspected, is incredibly adaptable to changing external conditions.