UNPACKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND COGNITIVE DECLINE AND DEMENTIA
2024

Education and Cognitive Decline in Later Life

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Author Information

Author(s): Herd Pamela, Walsemann Katrina

Primary Institution: Oxford University Press US

Hypothesis

How do early and mid-life factors influence the relationship between education and cognitive outcomes in later life?

Conclusion

The session highlights the strong link between education and cognitive function, as well as dementia risk in later life.

Supporting Evidence

  • The session explores how early life health influences education and cognitive outcomes.
  • It examines the impact of midlife factors on the education-cognition relationship.
  • The relationship between education and cognitive function varies across different countries.

Takeaway

This study looks at how going to school and health in early life can affect how our brains work when we get older.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/geroni/igae098.0274

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