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| Cognitive activity in older persons from a geographically defined population | | Author(s) | Robert S Wilson, David A Bennett, Laurel A Beckett |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp P155-160 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors sought to describe participation in common cognitive activities among 6,162 people aged 65 and over, from a geographically defined, bi-racial community of Chicago. Subjects were given cognitive performance tests, and interviewed about their participation in common cognitive activities, such as reading a newspaper. Overall, more frequent participation in cognitive activities was associated with younger age, more education, higher family income, female gender, and white race. Participation in activities judged to be more cognitively intense were not strongly related to age, but was associated with more education, higher family income, male gender, and white race. Substantial heterogeneity in activity patterns remained after accounting for demographic factors. In an analysis controlling for demographic variables, levels of cognitive function on performance tests was positively related to composite measures of the frequency and intensity of cognitive activity. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess the relation of cognitive activity patterns to stability and change in cognitive function in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826222 A |
| Classmark | DA: F: 4C: 7T |
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