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Article: Jet Lag May Cause Some Problems to Brain: Study
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 30, 2001
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Some evidence shows that jet lag doesn't just cause lethargic
feeling as the body tries to adjust after high-speed travel through
time zones but might also cause brain shrinkage and memory loss, The
Washington Post reported Wednesday.
According to the paper, researchers from England's University of
Bristol used MRI scans to study two sets of flight attendants
earlier this month.
They found the group that had less time to rest between flights
had smaller right temporal lobes, which is where visual recognition
and spatial memory are ...