Understanding the dynamics of social isolation and memory, as well as their gender-specific patterns, can be useful in planning interventions to reduce memory decline in older age. Dr Sanna Read The ...
Social isolation causes memory loss in older age and may lead to dementia, research has shown yet again. Loneliness is known to be connected with fading memory. But for the first time, researchers ...
CAMBRIDGE, England: Why do we get a buzz from being in large groups at festivals, jubilees and other public events? According to the social brain hypothesis, it’s because the human brain specifically ...
Here is an important reason to stay in touch with friends and family: social isolation causes memory and learning deficits and other behavioral changes. Many brain studies have focused on the effects ...
Listening to news of rising active covid cases and people's death each day has created fear among us. Fear of the pandemic has a huge impact on our thinking abilities. People look forward to relative ...
About a third of Canadians feel lonely, and a study from the University of Waterloo shows it has a greater negative impact on memory than even social isolation, though both present a significant risk ...
Understanding the dynamics of social isolation and memory, as well as their gender-specific patterns, can be useful in planning interventions to reduce memory decline in older age. Dr Sanna Read The ...
In animal models, social isolation triggers memory and learning deficits that are mediated by hyperactivity of the most abundant brain cell, the astrocyte. Importantly, inhibiting this hyperactivity ...