Loneliness-Isolation Mismatch Predicted Cognition Through Chronic Disease
TL;DR: A 2026 MIDUS mediation study in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health found that social asymmetry was associated with greater chronic disease burden, while chronic disease burden mediated links between social asymmetry and episodic memory and executive function, while allostatic load did not. Key Findings Study type: a structural equation modeling study of social …
