Covid-19 pandemic’s unseen impact on our lives revealed
Covid-19 affected your brain – even if you didn’t get the virus
- A new study suggests the Covid-19 pandemic detrimentally affected brain health, even in individuals who were not infected with the virus.
- Academics propose that the immense strain from isolation and uncertainty during the pandemic may have accelerated brain ageing across the UK.
- This accelerated brain ageing was found to be more pronounced among men, older individuals, and those from deprived backgrounds.
- The research, based on brain scans of UK Biobank participants, revealed an average “5.5-month higher deviation of brain age gap” after the pandemic.
- Researchers also observed that individuals infected with Covid-19 performed more poorly on cognitive tests when re-assessed after the pandemic.