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Highlighting and Reducing the Impact of Negative Aging Stereotypes During Older Adults' Cognitive Testing
Published on: January 24, 2020
Cognitive Improvement in Healthy Older Adults Can Parallel That of Younger Adults Following Lifestyle Modification:
Thomas B Shea1, Ruth Remington2
1Department of Biological Sciences, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Executive function was assayed following a nutritional supplementation in healthy adults using the Trail Making Test. Comparison with published normative scores demonstrated that cohorts from 35-74 years of age displayed similar relative improvement compared to their own baseline performance. These findings support early, pro-active lifestyle modifications to maintain cognitive performance during aging and further demonstrate the persistence of cognitive reserve in healthy older adults.
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