Stress from the pandemic caused teenagers' brains to age quicker
Such accelerated changes in 'brain age' have until now appeared only in children who have experienced 'chronic adversity', say scientists
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Such accelerated changes in 'brain age' have until now appeared only in children who have experienced 'chronic adversity', say scientists
Researchers at Stanford University tracked the development of 163 children's brains from the San Francisco Bay Area. They found their brains aged rapidly, possibly due to pandemic stress.
A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic.
The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic might have physically altered adolescents' brains, Stanford University researchers said Thursday in an alarming report.
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