Monday, December 30, 2019

Antarctic Explorers’ Brains Shrunk During a 14-Month Polar Expedition

via Gizmodo

Spending over a year in the bleak desolation that is Antarctica might change your brain for the worse, according to new research out this month. It seems to show that polar explorers who lived for 14 months at an Antarctica research station experienced brain shrinkage, likely as a result of their isolation and boredom. But the effects on their actual health and cognition were mild and probably temporary.

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