在COVID-19大流行期间的社会隔离与年轻人的认知功能下降有关
Ghulam Murtaza1, Razia Sultana2, Turki Abualait3
1Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
PeerJ
|December 13, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19封锁的社会隔离,对年轻学生的认知功能产生了负面影响. 这项研究发现,与非孤立同龄人相比,孤立学生的注意力转换任务和模式识别记忆显著下降.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,需要采取广泛的社会隔离措施,包括关闭教育机构.
- 了解这种孤立对年轻人群体的心理和认知影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会隔离对年轻学生认知功能的影响.
- 评估社会隔离和非隔离学生之间的心理健康和特定认知领域的差异.
主要方法:
- 84名年轻学生参加了这次考试,其中48名是社会孤立的学生,36名是非孤立的学生.
- 使用剑桥神经心理学自动化电池 (CANTAB) 评估认知功能,包括注意力切换任务 (AST),模式识别记忆 (PRM) 和选择反应时间 (CRT).
- 心理健康的评估是使用迷你心理状态检查 (MMSE) 进行的.
主要成果:
- 与非孤立的学生相比,社会孤立的学生在注意力交换任务 (AST) 和模式识别记忆 (PRM) 中表现明显较差.
- 隔离组在AST正确平均值,AST对应平均值和AST不对应平均值中表现出显著更高的延迟,以及较低的AST百分比平均值正确试验.
- 在社会隔离组 (81.3%) 与非隔离组 (91.9%) 相比,PRM平均正确率明显较低.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间的社会隔离对年轻学生的认知功能产生了不利影响.
- 在注意力和记忆回忆方面观察到特定的缺陷,突出显示了减少社交互动的有害影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索长期的认知后果和潜在的干预措施.
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