The Relationship between Cognitive Reserve and some Executive Functions among Female University Employees

The current study aims to examine the relationship between cognitive reserve and some executive functions among a sample of female employees at Cairo university. The study conducted on a sample of 30 female employees working in several departments and centers affiliated with Cairo University. Their average age 45.57±7.89. Cognitive Reserve was measured through two indicators: Years of education, and cognitive reserve according to Cognitive reserve index questionnaire (CRIq) by Nucci (Nucci et al., 2012), which included: education, working activity, and leisure times (translated by researcher). The study included three executive functions: cognitive flexibility, which measured by Trail Making Test (TAT) by Reitan, 1979 (Arango-Lasprilla et al., 2017), working memory, which measured by Digit Span Test (DST), subscale of WAIS, 1939 translated by Louis Malika and Mohamed Ismail (1985), and attention, which measured by Digit Cancellation Test (DCT) by Suzan El kholi, 1985 (through Eman Abdelhalim, 1997). The study revealed a significant positive relationship between years of education and working memory, while not related to both cognitive flexibility and attention. Cognitive reserve was positively associated with cognitive flexibility, while not related to working memory and attention.