Loneliness and cognitive decline among U.S. adults: A stratified analysis of the BRFSS
Mojisola Fasokun, Temitope Ogundare, Fadeke Ogunyankin, Kaelyn Gordon, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Miriam Michael, Kakra Hughes, Oluwasegun Akinyemi · 2026
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Mojisola Fasokun and co-workers link loneliness with self-reported thinking decline among adults in the United States. Their 2026 study uses national survey data collected over eight years. Close to eighty-six thousand adults answered questions on how often they feel lonely. They also said whether their memory or thinking has slipped.
The chance of reporting thinking decline rose step by step with loneliness. Adults who always felt lonely reported decline nearly half the time, against about one in ten among those never lonely. The gap ran wider for women at the loneliest level. Age and background changed the picture little. Treating loneliness as a health risk, the authors argue, belongs in brain-health planning.
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| CREATOR | Mojisola Fasokun, Temitope Ogundare, Fadeke Ogunyankin, Kaelyn Gordon, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Miriam Michael, Kakra Hughes, Oluwasegun Akinyemi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43707 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |