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AI 'Brain Clock' Links Inequality and Pollution to Accelerated Brain Aging

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-29T09:34:34.222546+05:30

- Study reveals 'brain clock' can determine if brain ages faster than chronological age - Women, countries with high inequality, and Latin American nations show faster brain aging - Research analyzed brain scans from 15 countries using AI to measure functional connectivity - Alzheimer's and dementia patients had larger 'brain-age gaps' than healthy individuals - Findings suggest socioeconomic factors and air pollution contribute to accelerated brain aging Source: [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02770-2)

Study reveals 'brain clock' can determine if brain ages faster than chronological age
Women, countries with high inequality, and Latin American nations show faster brain aging
Research analyzed brain scans from 15 countries using AI to measure functional connectivity
Alzheimer's and dementia patients had larger 'brain-age gaps' than healthy individuals
Findings suggest socioeconomic factors and air pollution contribute to accelerated brain aging

Source: Nature