Brains of post-lockdown teens show signs of faster ageing, study finds

Study also found poorer mental health but it is unclear whether this is linked to brain age difference

The brains of teenagers who lived through Covid lockdowns show signs of premature ageing, research suggests.

The researchers compared MRI scans of 81 teens in the US taken before the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, with those of 82 teens collected between October 2020 and March 2022, during the pandemic but after lockdowns were lifted.