Study finds mood disorders, not concussions, affect ex-athletes’ cognition

Former college athletes with a history of concussions were more likely to perceive themselves as cognitively impaired later in life if they had mood disorders such as depression and anxiety—even when testing showed no such decline in mental acuity, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found.

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