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The continuing benefits of education
— adult education and midlife cognitive ability in the British 1946 Birth Cohort | | Author(s) | Stephani L Hatch, Leon Feinstein, Bruce G Link |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp S404-S414 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Educational status [elderly] ; Cognitive processes ; Middle aged ; Longitudinal surveys ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | There is evidence that education positively affects cognitive ability. This study used data from the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development (also known as the British 1946 Birth Cohort), and multivariate regression to estimate the continuing effects of education on multiple measures of midlife cognitive ability. Educational attainment completed by early adulthood was associated with all measures of cognitive ability in late midlife. The continued effect of education was apparent in the associations between adult education and higher verbal ability, verbal memory, and verbal fluency in late midlife. No association was found between adult education and mental speed and concentration. Associations between adult education and midlife cognitive ability indicate wider benefits of education to health that may be important for social integration, well-being and the delay of cognitive decline in later life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307224 A |
| Classmark | GP: F:V: DA: SE: 3J: 3KB |
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