I've never been a fan of this "your brain changes" terminology that news outlets are so fond of, as if a mere change in your brain is somehow meaningful.

Obviously, everything you think or experience changes your brain in some way.

It's like saying that opening a new browser window changes your screen. Duh! That's the point of a monitor. Its pixels have to change in order for it to work. Change is a necessary part of how any machine works. The only brain that doesn't change in response to stimuli is a dead brain.

(This isn't to say that all changes in the brain are equally mundane. Many changes are interesting and meaningful! But the simple presence of change is a low enough bar as to be meaningless.)