Your Brain Off the Grid - What happens?

NYTimes.com article about five neuroscientists study the brain off the grid on a rafting trip in a remote part of Utah.

Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain

"Todd Braver emerges from a tent nestled against the canyon wall. He has a slight tan, except for a slim pale band around his wrist. For the first time in three days in the wilderness, Mr. Braver is not wearing his watch. “I forgot,” he says.

It is a small thing, the kind of change many vacationers notice in themselves as they unwind and lose track of time. But for Mr. Braver and his companions, these moments lead to a question: What is happening to our brains?" read more...

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