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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
  • Edited by Jeanyung Chey, Seoul National University
  • Book:
    Society within the Brain
    Published online:
    28 September 2023
    Print publication:
    12 October 2023, pp 141-161

  • 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.