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How Hidden Stress Affects Aging Brains

The hidden kind of stress may be damaging your memory as you age

Bottled-up stress, not just aging, may be silently eroding memory in older.A new study reveals that internalizing stress—especially feelings of hopelessness—may significantly speed up memory decline in older Chinese Americans. Surprisingly, factors like community support didn’t show the same impact. Researchers say cultural pressures and stereotypes may cause emotional struggles to go unnoticed and untreated. The findings suggest that targeted, culturally sensitive stress relief could play a powerful role in preserving cognitive health. Hidden stress may be quietly accelerating memory loss in older Chinese Americans, according to new research from Rutgers.

Credit: Shutterstock Stress that people turn inward may be quietly increasing the risk of memory loss in older Chinese Americans, according to new research from Rutgers Health.