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A research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences clearly shows that even over the course of just a few hours, brain circuit connections are formed and re-formed many times.

The study shows that the brain rewires itself following an experience. The research further shows that this process of creation, testing, and reconfiguring of brain circuits takes place on a scale of just hours, suggesting that the brain is evolving considerably even during the course of a single day.

Researcher Henry Markram notes:

“The circuitry of the brain is like a social network where neurons are like people, directly linked to only a few other people,” explains Markram. “This finding indicates that the brain is constantly switching alliances and linking with new circles of “friends” to better process information.”

“This continual rewiring of the microcircuitry of the brain is like a Darwinian evolutionary process where a new experience triggers a burst of new connections between neurons, and only the fittest connections survive.”