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Lonely people have worse memory but don’t decline faster, study finds

By InsideWellness Editorial · April 14, 2026

Originally published by ScienceDaily Intelligence.

Loneliness may quietly affect how well older adults remember things—but it might not be speeding up mental decline after all. A large European study tracking over 10,000 people for seven years found that those who felt lonelier started off with weaker memory, yet their memory didn’t deteriorate any faster than those wh

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