Our findings suggest that there is something about playing sport[s], even though a person may experience concussion, that may be beneficial for long-term cognitive outcomes.
Of the study's 15,214 participants, 39.5 percent reported having had at least one concussion, which totals to roughly 6,000 people.
Those who'd had concussions from playing sports when they were younger appeared to have a 4.5 percentile increase in working memory than those who'd had concussions from other kinds of accidents.
Suffering a concussion seems to be associated with certain benefits - and could even be considered protective.
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