Strokes steal eight years' worth of brain function, new study suggests
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 21:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Having a stroke ages a person's brain function by almost eight years, new research finds -- robbing them of memory and thinking speed as measured on cognitive tests. In both black and white patients, having had a stroke meant that their score on a 27-item test of memory and thinking speed had dropped as much as it would have if they had aged 7.9 years overnight.