Although the number of older adults with cognitive impairment continues to grow, few studies have examined the variation in activity and quality of life based on the older adults' cognitive status.
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Although the number of older adults with cognitive impairment continues to grow, few studies have examined the variation in activity and quality of life based on the older adults' cognitive status.
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- Mental Exercise and Mental Aging (2006) · doi
Although many training studies, and comparisons involving experts, people in specific occupations, and people whose mental activity levels are determined by their self-reports, have found a positive relation between level of activity and level of cognitive functioning, very few studies have found an interactive effect of age and mental activity on measures of cognitive functioning.
Keywords: activity people mental found level cognitive functioning training comparisons involving experts specific occupations whose levels - Activity and Well-Being of Older Adults (2013) · doi
Although the number of older adults with cognitive impairment continues to grow, few studies have examined the variation in activity and quality of life based on the older adults' cognitive status.
Keywords: older adults cognitive number impairment continues grow examined variation activity quality life based status - Brain Health Knowledge in Assisted Living: Establishing Baseline Information for Interventions to Promote Adaptation and Successful Aging (2014) · doi
Recent studies have shown links between certain lifestyle behaviors and lessened cognitive decline; however, there is insufficient information about how much actual knowledge the older adult population has with regard to maintaining maximum brain health as they age.
Keywords: recent links certain lifestyle behaviors lessened cognitive decline there insufficient information actual knowledge older adult - Resting-state and vocabulary tasks distinctively inform on age-related differences in the functional brain connectome (2019) · doi
However, it remains to be known if comparable age-related differences are found when participants engage in cognitive activities for which performance is maintained with age, such as vocabulary knowledge tasks.
Keywords: remains known comparable related differences found participants engage cognitive activities performance maintained vocabulary knowledge tasks
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