The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Futurism
People from the ages of 18 to 39 have experienced a significant increase in cognitive issues such as “serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions” in the span of about a decade, according to a startling new study published in the journal Neurology.
A team of American scientists analyzed data from 4.5 million Americans who took part in phone surveys between 2013 and 2023; the overall proportion of respondents suffering cognitive issues overall ticked up from 5.3 to 7.4 percent, but adults under the age of 40 jumped from 5.1 to 9.7 percent — almost double.
What’s the cause? The paper doesn’t confront that question deeply, but the researchers speculated that it could be due to “changing perceptions or experiences of cognitive challenges in the US population.”
Source: Futurism
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/young-americans-suffering-cognitive-issues