A Study on Refractive Errors and Cognitive functions in the Aging Population
Our study found that individuals with myopia and hypermetropia performed worse on certain cognitive tests compared to those with normal vision. Myopic individuals struggled with tasks involving complex figure recall and comprehension, while hypermetropic individuals had difficulties with visuospatial tasks and they did better in attention tasks. These findings suggest that corrected RE in older adults could contribute to cognitive challenges and needs to be further researched.
Authors
- Thomas Gregor Issac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-3466)
- Sadhana Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7044-4753)
- Palash Kumar Malo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-6966)
- Jonas S. Sundarakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-7936)
- Deepashri Agrawal
- Vindhya Vishwanath
- Albert Stezin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2634-7638)
- Shafeeq K Shahul Hameed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-1443)
- Prathima Arvind
- R Meghana
- Sunitha HS
- C M Amitha
- Goutham Velavarajan
- Ajith Partha
- S Monisha
- N M Divya
- Banashree Mondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-2239)
- Abhishek Mensegere Lingegodwa
- Meenakshi Menon
- Rajitha Narayanasamy
- Dev Kumar HS
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.091233
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00