Lockdowns and decreased neurobiological functioning

Here’s a scientific study, which shows that the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns affected important aspects of neurobiological functioning in adolescents.

 

www.nature.com/articles/s41398-025-03485-2

 

“We found that compared to those assessed before the pandemic, adolescents assessed post-lockdown had significantly lower total cortisol production, elevated levels of systemic inflammation, and reduced neural activation in the prefrontal cortex during affective processing (pseudo-F(1,3250) = 7.43, p = 0.006).”

 

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