divorce is a cognitive function

Marital Loss and Cognitive Function: Does Timing Matter? 

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Zhenmei Zhang, PhD, Hui Liu, PhD, Yan Zhang, PhD

We find that those who were widowed at younger ages had lower cognitive function than their counterparts who were widowed at older ages, for both men and women, after controlling for covariates. Household income and health-related factors partially accounted for the positive association between age at widowhood and cognitive function. Those who divorced at younger ages also had lower cognitive function than their counterparts who divorced at older ages, but this association was only present among men, not women. Health-related factors partially accounted for the association between age at divorce and cognitive function among men.