What doesn't kill you makes you “smarter”: The long-term association between exposure to epidemic and cognition

Emerging epidemics have devastating impacts on people's lives and livelihoods. However, acting as a severe health shock, exposure to an epidemic may induce positive changes in health behaviors among survivors, thereby leading to long-lasting improvement in population health. This study examined the long-term association between exposure to the 2002-2004 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak and middle-aged and older Chinese adults'...