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AI 'Brain Clock' Links Inequality and Pollution to Accelerated Brain Aging

  • Study reveals 'brain clock' can determine if brain ages faster than chronological age
  • Women, countries with high inequality, and Latin American nations show faster brain aging
  • Research analyzed brain scans from 15 countries using AI to measure functional connectivity
  • Alzheimer's and dementia patients had larger 'brain-age gaps' than healthy individuals
  • Findings suggest socioeconomic factors and air pollution contribute to accelerated brain aging

Source: Nature

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