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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 2;6(5):fcae266.
doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae266. eCollection 2024.

Summer days: research culture and the neuroscience of taking a break

Tara L Spires-Jones  1
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Editorial

Summer days: research culture and the neuroscience of taking a break

Tara L Spires-Jones. Brain Commun. .

Abstract

Our editor discusses taking a vacation without a computer and some neuroscience evidence supporting the need for work-life balance.

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