What Happened to Our Brains During the Pandemic?

COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated Brain Aging Even in People Who Didn’t Get Virus: Study

Brain aging appears to have accelerated by several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in people who did not get sick from the virus, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on July 22, found that in 2021 and 2022, brain scans from a large UK database showed signs of aging, including brain shrinkage, even in individuals who were never infected. Although people who had a COVID-19 infection showed …

Covid aged our brains, even if you weren't infected

Brain scans reveal that even people who never caught Covid showed signs of accelerated brain aging due to pandemic stress and isolation.

What Happened to Our Brains During the Pandemic?

(MedPage Today) -- People's brains aged faster during the COVID-19 pandemic whether they were infected or not, serial imaging data from the U.K. Biobank suggested. Among nearly 1,000 adults, MRIs after the pandemic showed a 5.5-month greater brain...

Environmental News Network - The COVID-19 Pandemic May Have Aged Our Brains, According to a New Study

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that the Covid-19 pandemic may have accelerated people’s brain health, even if they were never infected with the virus.