ArticleThe Gerontologist2018
Cognition in Context: The Role of Objective and Subjective Measures of Neighborhood and Household in Cognitive Functioning in Later Life.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Influence of Ambient Factors on Emotional Wellbeing of Older Adults: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of neighborhood built environment on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Functional social support and cognitive function in middle- and older-aged adults: a systematic review of cross-sectional and cohort studies.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of Environment on the Cognition of Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Gender differences in the influence of environmental hazards on dementia in older adults.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Evaluating the association between upstream perceived individual and neighborhood determinants of health and intensity of breast cancer screening.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Neighborhood Environment and Late-Life Cognition: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Sleep and Differential Pathways by Race.AJPM focus · 2026Article
- Neighborhood Disadvantage, Functional Difficulty, and Cognitive Decline among Older Mexican Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The mediating role of insomnia symptoms in the association between perceived neighborhood danger and depressive symptoms in later life.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Household Environments and Cognitive Decline Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Exploring Gender, Age, and Residential Variations.International journal of aging & human development · 2025Article
- Associations between U.S. County-Level Social Infrastructure and Dementia among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2020.Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging · 2025Article
- Disentangling the Heterogeneity in Minority Stress: A Data Mining Approach.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Neighborhood Social and Physical Environment and Cognitive Function Among Brazilian Adults Aged 50.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Interaction between living conditions and plant-based dietary pattern on cognitive function: A 10-year cohort analysis of Chinese older adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Disparities in neighborhood food environment and cognitive decline among US older adults: a cohort study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Although the role of place on health is not new, less is known about how place matters for cognition. By investigating both neighborhood and home as the sociospatial realms of older adults, we explore associations between health and place across multiple contexts. We also distinguish objective and subjective measures of place and disentangle their differential associations with cognition. Research Design and Methods: We analyzed place effects on cognition from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (N = 2,260) linked to neighborhood characteristics and crime data. We measured place in four ways: (a) objective indicators of neighborhood such as police-reported crime rates and interviewer-reported on presence of disordered conditions on the streets; (b) perceptions of neighborhood by respondents (perceived danger and social cohesion); (c) objective conditions of home (interviewer's report on presence of clutters, odor, and messiness); (4) perceived social support, strain, and threat by household members. The MoCA-SA was used to assess cognitive functioning. Results: Subjective interpretations appeared to have more direct effects on cognition than did objective indicators of neighborhood or home. When examining these living environments together, we found the association between neighborhood and cognition is partially explained by characteristics of home environment, especially perceived social support. We found a buffering effect of social support on cognition for women, not for men. Discussion and Implications: Late life living environments are important contexts for aging. Aging-in-Place interventions should address subjective interpretations of place to reduce future risks of cognitive decline.
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