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Reframing air pollution as a cognitive and socioeconomic risk
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Reframing air pollution as a cognitive and socioeconomic risk - npj Clean Air
Abstract Air pollution is a major environmental health risk, yet its cognitive impact remains under-recognised. Evidence links short- and long-term fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure to reduced cognitive performance and intelligence quotient (IQ). We estimate global PM2.5-related IQ losses of 65 billion points, disproportionately affecting low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Author Correction: Acute particulate matter exposure diminishes executive cognitive functioning after four hours regardless of inhalation pathway - Nature Communications
Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56508-3, published online 6 February 2025 In the main body of this article the following sentence currently reads, ‘the opposite pattern was identified pre- (Mean ΔRT = 5 ms, s.d., = 15) and post- (Mean ΔRT = −1 ms, s.d., = 12) clean air exposure’ and should read ‘the opposite pattern was identified pre- (Mean ΔRT = 5 ms, s.d., = 15) and post- (Mean ΔRT = 1 ms, s.d., = 12) clean air exposure’.
Acute particulate matter exposure diminishes executive cognitive functioning after four hours regardless of inhalation pathway - Nature Communications
Abstract Recent evidence suggests short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution can impact brain function after a delay period. It is unknown whether effects are predominantly due to the olfactory or lung-brain pathways. In this study 26 adults (Mage = 27.7, SDage = 10.6) participated in four conditions. They were exposed to either high PM concentrations or clean air for one hour, using normal inhalation or restricted nasal inhalation and olfaction with a nose clip.
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