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SUMMARY:Covid and Cognition - Lucy Cheke (University of Cambridge) 
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CONTACT:Psychology Reception
DESCRIPTION:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)\, which is caused by sever
 e acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)\, has been often c
 haracterized as a respiratory disease. However\, it is increasingly being 
 understood as an infection that impacts multiple systems\, and many patien
 ts report neurological symptoms. Indeed\, there is accumulating evidence f
 or neural damage in some individuals\, with recent studies suggesting loss
  of gray matter in multiple regions particularly in the left hemisphere. T
 here are a number of mechanisms by which COVID-19 infection may lead to ne
 urological symptoms and structural and functional changes in the brain\, a
 nd cognitive problems are one of the most commonly reported symptoms in th
 ose suffering from Long COVID—the chronic illness following COVID-19 inf
 ection that affects between 10–25% of sufferers. However\, there is as y
 et little research testing cognition in Long COVID. In this talk I will ex
 plore the literature on cognitive issues in covid so far\, and present the
  first results from the COVID and COGNITION study\, which collected detail
 ed information on a sample of 181 individuals who had suffered COVID-19 in
 fection\, and 185 who had not. We explored the factors that predicted ongo
 ing symptoms\, self-reported cognitive deficits and performance on tests o
 f memory\, language and executive function. 
LOCATION:Zoom meeting
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