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CATEGORIES:Zangwill Club
SUMMARY:Covid and Cognition - Lucy Cheke (University of Ca
 mbridge) 
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/170774
DESCRIPTION:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)\, which is cau
 sed by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavir
 us 2 (SARS-CoV-2)\, has been often characterized a
 s a respiratory disease. However\, it is increasin
 gly being understood as an infection that impacts 
 multiple systems\, and many patients report neurol
 ogical symptoms. Indeed\, there is accumulating ev
 idence for neural damage in some individuals\, wit
 h recent studies suggesting loss of gray matter in
  multiple regions particularly in the left hemisph
 ere. There are a number of mechanisms by which COV
 ID-19 infection may lead to neurological symptoms 
 and structural and functional changes in the brain
 \, and cognitive problems are one of the most comm
 only reported symptoms in those suffering from Lon
 g COVID—the chronic illness following COVID-19 inf
 ection that affects between 10–25% of sufferers. H
 owever\, there is as yet little research testing c
 ognition in Long COVID. In this talk I will explor
 e the literature on cognitive issues in covid so f
 ar\, and present the first results from the COVID 
 and COGNITION study\, which collected detailed inf
 ormation on a sample of 181 individuals who had su
 ffered COVID-19 infection\, and 185 who had not. W
 e explored the factors that predicted ongoing symp
 toms\, self-reported cognitive deficits and perfor
 mance on tests of memory\, language and executive 
 function. 
LOCATION:Zoom meeting
CONTACT:Psychology Reception
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