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Leef: environmental neuroscience modeling for cognitive resilience

Egzona Morina · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · 2026

Environmental exposures, including noise, air pollution, and heat, produce measurable alterations in neural dynamics, yet these effects remain difficult to monitor outside laboratory settings. Building on recent advances in environmental neuroscience and the Neuropredictive Exposome, we introduce Leef (Local Environmental Exposure Framework), a proposed framework designed to estimate cognitive strain and adaptive capacity from real-world environmental and physiological signals. Leef integrates continuous sensing of ambient exposures (e.g., PM 2.5 , VOCs, temperature, noise) with neural signatures of environmental stress derived from controlled EEG studies, and is intended to help surface “hidden” cognitive costs that may arise even when behavioral performance appears stable. The framework formalizes how neuro-environmental relationships can be embedded into predictive modeling pipelines designed for edge-based, privacy preserving deployment. Initial implementation and prototyping are underway through ENRI Tech Inc., supporting translation of the framework into scalable research and digital health tools while remaining dis

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