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  • Loneliness is a significant risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia.
  • Evidence suggests loneliness disproportionately affects women's cognitive health across their lifespan.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize evidence on the link between loneliness and cognitive aging in women.
  • To highlight sex differences in loneliness exposure, vulnerability, and neurobiological pathways.

Main Methods:

  • Review of epidemiological, psychosocial, and neurobiological studies.
  • Analysis of longitudinal cohort data and mechanistic research.
  • Focus on sex-disaggregated analyses and social context.

Main Results:

  • Loneliness shows stronger associations with cognitive decline in women.
  • Mechanistic research implicates HPA axis dysregulation, immune activation, and hippocampal vulnerability in women.
  • Significant gaps exist in sex-disaggregated data and social variable measurement in aging neuroscience.

Conclusions:

  • Loneliness is a modifiable, sex-specific risk factor for cognitive aging in women.
  • A sex-sensitive framework is needed for research and prevention strategies.
  • Targeted interventions reflecting women's social contexts can advance brain health.