How's your memory? Foggy? The pandemic may be to blame

"Are dates, details and daily tasks feeling a bit fuzzy these past couple of years? It's not just you, experts say.

"It's not laziness or losing your sharpness — being in a global pandemic for the last two years is actually making it harder for our brains to make and recall memories, said Amir-Homayoun Javadi, a senior lecturer in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom.

"'We tend to habituate and get used to situations,' said Javadi, who [read more...]