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Racism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds

  • Written by Negar Fani, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Emory University
imageDiscrimination in the form of microaggressions, slights and overt racism take a toll on the body, including neural activity in the brain.LeoPatrizi/E+ via Getty Images

Racism steals time from people’s lives – possibly because of the space it occupies in the mind. In a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, our team showed...

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