The benefits of a sense of purpose in life for healthier cognitive aging.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The protective role of companion animal ownership in cognitive aging: current status of the literature.GeroScience · 2026
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2. Investigating the trivariate reciprocal longitudinal relationships between purpose, loneliness, and cognitive function.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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3. The role of purpose in life in healthy aging: implications for the Semmelweis Study and the Semmelweis-EUniWell Workplace Health Promotion Model Program.GeroScience · 2025
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4. Beyond Finding Purpose: Motivating a Translational Science of Purpose Acquisition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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Corrections and comments

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  Sense of purpose as a potential buffer between mental health and subjective cognitive decline.2022

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

Abstract

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