ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020
Education and Cognition in Middle Age and Later Life: The Mediating Role of Physical and Cognitive Activity.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04786132 (The Effects of 8-week Cognitive-motor Training on Proprioception and Postural Control Under Single and Dual Task Conditions in Healthy Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.
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The Effects of 8-week Cognitive-motor Training on Proprioception and Postural Control Under Single and Dual Task Conditions in Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trials.
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objectivesAlthough educational attainment is related to cognitive function in later life, little is known about the mechanisms involved. This study assessed the independent mediating effects of two behavioral variables, physical and cognitive activity, on the association between educational attainment and cognitive function and change.
methodsData were derived from the three waves of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Predictors (educational attainment) were from the 1995 baseline, mediators (physical and cognitive activities) were from the 2004 wave, and outcomes (cognitive function) were from the 2004 and 2013 waves. Conditional process modeling was applied using PROCESS in SPSS.
resultsThere were both direct and indirect effects of educational attainment on level and change of executive function (EF) and episodic memory (EM). Physical activity and cognitive activity were both significant mediators for cognitive level. For mediators of change, however, cognitive activity was significant for EF and physical activity was significant for EM. DISCUSSION: Physical and cognitive activity are discussed as possible factors for protecting against cognitive decline in later life. The findings have implications for advancing supportive policies and practices related to maximizing the benefits of education and physical and cognitive activities for cognition in middle age and later life.
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