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Social Support and Cognition: A Systematic Review.

Stefanella Costa-Cordella^1,2, Camilo Arevalo-Romero^1,3, Francisco J Parada¹

¹Centro de Estudios en Neurociencia Humana y Neuropsicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.

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Summary

Social support positively impacts cognition, according to this review. Further research is recommended to explore this link between social support and cognitive function.

Keywords:

cognition cognitive functioning cognitive performance social interaction social support

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Cognitive Neuroscience
Social Psychology
Public Health

Background:

Social support is recognized for its health benefits.
Its specific role in cognitive function remains underexplored.
A knowledge gap exists regarding the social support-cognition relationship.

Conclusions:

The findings support the need for experimental research to expand understanding of social support's cognitive effects.
A more comprehensive theoretical model, potentially incorporating social interaction and active inference theories, is warranted.