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  3. Distance From Home And Working Memory: Daily Associations Varying By Neighborhood Environments In Community-dwelling Older Adults.
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  3. Distance From Home And Working Memory: Daily Associations Varying By Neighborhood Environments In Community-dwelling Older Adults.

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Minxia Luo1,2,3, Eun-Kyeong Kim4,5, Robert Weibel6,7,5

  • 1University Research Priority Program (URPP) Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. minxia.luo@uzh.ch.

European Journal of Ageing
|April 5, 2025

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Older adults

Keywords:
Cognitive agingGPS sensorHealthy agingNeighborhood walkabilityOut-of-home mobility

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Urban Planning

Background:

  • Out-of-home mobility and neighborhood characteristics are linked to cognitive function in older adults.
  • Potential combined effects on cognitive abilities warrant further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between daily maximum distance from home and working memory performance in older adults.
  • To investigate the moderating role of neighborhood environments on this mobility-cognition relationship.

Main Methods:

  • 109 community-dwelling older adults (65-89 years) participated over 947 days.
  • Daily mobility was tracked using GPS, and working memory was assessed via smartphone tasks.
  • Neighborhood walkability and land use mix were measured using the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale.

Main Results:

  • No direct association was found between maximum distance from home and working memory performance.
  • Neighborhood environments significantly moderated the relationship.
  • A positive association emerged in neighborhoods with more walking/cycling paths and higher land use mix.

Conclusions:

  • Neighborhood characteristics can influence the relationship between mobility and cognitive performance in older adults.
  • Supportive neighborhood environments may enhance the cognitive benefits of greater out-of-home mobility.