Having a good listener improves your brain health

Having a good listener improves your brain health
Higher social listener availability slowed cognitive decline even as brain volume decreased. Credit: NYU Langone Health

Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline despite brain aging or neuropathological changes such as those present in Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds.

In the study publishing August 16 in JAMA Network Open, researchers observed that simply having someone available most or all of the time whom you can count on to listen to you when you need to talk is associated with greater cognitive resilience—a measure of your ‘s ability to function better than would be expected for…

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