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Chapter 6 - Enriched Social Connectedness and Brain Function

from Part II - Society Interacting with Brain, Cognition, and Health in Late Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

By
Seyul Kwak ,
Jeanyung Chey  and
Yoosik Youm
Edited by
Jeanyung Chey
Jeanyung Chey
Affiliation:
Seoul National University
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Summary

A growing body of evidence suggests a strong link between how individuals maintain an enriched social network and their brain health. Both the quantity and quality of social networks provide abundant social connections. Through persistent social interactions, individuals’ neurocognitive health appears to benefit from cognitively stimulating activity as well as social support. By utilizing various neuroimaging methods, researchers have found that maintaining an enriched social network is likely to lead to better neural functioning that could delay or counter the effects of neuropathological progression in late life. This chapter reviews studies examining the relationship between social network characteristics and neurocognitive health. The studies highlight that social connectedness and brain functioning have reciprocal effects. It also discusses whether larger and cohesively connected social networks lead to a healthier brain and better cognitive function, as well as the moderators of this association.

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cerebrovascular healthmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)functional MRIdiffusion tensor imaging (DTI)amygdala networkmentalizing networkcognitive stimulationinterleukin-6 (IL-6)C-reactive protein (CRP)social brain hypothesisgray matter atrophywhite matter microstructure
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Society within the Brain
How Social Networks Interact with Our Brain, Behavior and Health as We Age
 , pp. 141 - 161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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