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Does loneliness affect the brain?

Social connection tracks with brain health as strongly as many physical factors.

The simple answer

Of all the things research associates with brain health as people age, one of the strongest is not a supplement or a puzzle book. It's other people.

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There's more: social connection tracks with brain health as strongly as many physical factors. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.

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