r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 09 '24

Neuroscience Your Brain Changes Based on What You Did Two Weeks Ago | A workout or restless night from two weeks ago could still be affecting you—positively or negatively—today.

https://www.newsweek.com/brain-changes-neuroscience-exercise-sleep-health-two-weeks-1965107
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u/Simple_Little_Boy Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

This study is kind of ridiculous and reasons why I hate articles like this. It was just 1 person they analyzed for 133 days. There was no traditional control in this study no comparison.

While it’s great to do the research, to make conclusions off such a ridiculously low sample, low tenure study is insane. You all need to read the studies these articles talk about and see how they came up with these conclusions before taking it to heart.

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u/ActivisionBlizzard Oct 09 '24

Yup, this is how you get a conclusion like “100% of study participants stubbed their toe two weeks after eating a bunch of grapes”.

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u/JamesLiptonIcedTea Oct 09 '24

Reminds me of a line from Family Guy:

"Ohh no, Lois. A guy at work bought a car outta the paper. Ten years later? BAM! Herpes.

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u/NSAevidence Oct 09 '24

I typically look for comments like this that mention a few details so I can determine if the article is worth the read, so thank you for your service.

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u/hansieboy10 Oct 09 '24

1 person? Lolol.

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u/EVILEMRE Oct 09 '24

This is why I had to stop reading Men’s Health Magazine. It was turning me into a hypochondriac. Every non scientific “study” was triggering. I need to take this supplement and do this exercise or I’m going to die young and ugly.

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u/Evening_Jury_5524 Oct 09 '24

They didn't make a conclusion. It's just said that it 'could' effect you, what you're talking about is the next step- controlling for variable to determine if its true and by how much

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u/Simple_Little_Boy Oct 09 '24

Look at the article title, it is making a conclusion. Not talking about the study here for that specific context.

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u/Evening_Jury_5524 Oct 09 '24

The title is sensationalized as many are, bht the rest of the ppst title (which is the first sentence) makes clear that it merely 'suggests' that it 'could'. This is am issue of clickbait, not a study making a baseless capitcal C Conclusion (just a baseless title claim)