Covid Led to Persistent Cognitive Deficits in Small UK Study
- Research involved deliberately infecting healthy young adults
- Tests showed worse memory and executive function test scores
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The healthy young adults deliberately infected with the coronavirus didn’t notice any cognitive effect, but their test scores showed otherwise.
A unique study from the UK exploring the virus’s impact found a small but persistent reduction in memory and executive function among experimentally-infected people. The finding — published Saturday in the journal eClinicalMedicine — adds to evidence that Covid-19 may have led to measurable cognitive changes in the broader community.