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Cognitive Reserve in Aging

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M. Tucker, A., Stern, Y.·2011·Current Alzheimer Research

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Cognitive reserve explains why those with higher IQ, education, occupational attainment, or participation in leisure activities evidence less severe clinical or cognitive changes in the presence of age-related or Alzheimer's disease pathology. Specifically, the cognitive reserve hypothesis is that individual differences in how tasks are processed provide reserve against brain pathology. Cognitive reserve may allow for more flexible strategy usage, an ability thought to be captured by executive functions tasks. Additionally, cognitive reserve allows individuals greater neural efficiency, greater neural capacity, and the ability for compensation via the recruitment of additional brain regions. Taking cognitive reserve into account may allow for earlier detection and better characterization of age-related cognitive changes and Alzheimer's disease. Importantly, cognitive reserve is not fixed but continues to evolve across the lifespan. Thus, even late-stage interventions hold promise to boost cognitive reserve and thus reduce the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related problems.

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  • The lifestyle factors underpinning cognitive reserve are potentially amenable to change and hence may provide a basis for preventative intervention.

    “The lifestyle factors underpinning cognitive reserve are potentially amenable to change and hence may provide a basis for preventative intervention [21, 22].”
  • Education alone is not a comprehensive indication of cognitive reserve, and multiple proxy indicators representing reserve at different stages of life are preferable.

    “Education alone is not a comprehensive indication of cognitive reserve and it is suggested that multiple proxy indicators representing reserve at different stages of life are preferable [30, 31].”
  • This approach is preferable as it accounts for the variance in reserve built at different stages of life.

    “This approach is preferable as it accounts for the variance in reserve built at different stages of life [30, 31].”

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  1. [13]Mortimer JA Shuman L French L Mortimer JA Shuman LM Epidemiology of dementing illness The epidemiology of dementia: Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics Oxford University Press New York 323 333 1981

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Authors
M. Tucker, A., & Stern, Y.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
Venue
Current Alzheimer Research
Published
2011-06-01
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
354-360
ISSN
1567-2050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2155397742
Cited by
561
References
84
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Alzheimer Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG026158, Z01AG000261, T32AG00261, T32AG000261)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
Keywords
cognitive reserve, cognitive aging, Alzheimer's disease, executive function, neural efficiency, educational attainment, leisure, age-related cognitive decline
MeSH terms
Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Humans, Individuality, Leisure Activities, Cognitive Reserve, Neuroimaging

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