在SARS-CoV-2感染后成年人记忆功能的变化:来自Covid和认知在线研究的发现
Josefina Weinerova1, Sabine Yeung2, Panyuan Guo2
1School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
概括
这项研究调查了SARS-CoV-2感染的认知影响. 虽然Covid-19影响了记忆精度,但它没有影响反应时间,也没有显示疫苗接种和未接种人群之间的明显差异.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 由SARS-CoV-2引起的Covid-19大流行引起了人们对其长期认知后果的担忧.
- 以前的研究表明,对认知功能的潜在影响,但具体受影响的领域仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 分析COVID-19感染对认知功能各方面的影响,特别是长期记忆的准确性和反应时间.
- 调查COVID-19感染者与未感染者之间认知表现的潜在差异.
- 探索疫苗接种状态对COVID-19后认知症状的影响.
主要方法:
- 在线认知测试296名参与者 (209名先前感染了COVID-19,87名没有).
- 分析四个长期记忆任务的性能,评估准确性和反应时间.
- 贝叶斯分析用于比较接种疫苗和未接种疫苗的个体之间的认知功能.
主要成果:
- 在任务中观察到Covid-19状态对记忆准确性的一致影响.
- 之前报告的对反应时间的影响没有复制.
- 在Covid-19状态和记忆类型 (关联性与项目) 或刺激类型 (口头与非口头) 之间没有发现显著的相互作用.
- 贝叶斯分析给出了关于疫苗接种状态在认知症状中的作用的不确证据.
结论:
- SARS-CoV-2 感染始终影响长期记忆的准确性,但不一定影响反应时间.
- 这项研究提供了对Covid-19对认知影响的先前发现的复制和扩展.
- 需要进一步的研究来澄清疫苗接种状态在COVID-19后认知变化中的作用.
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