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Higher education was associated with better episodic memory performance. Higher education was related to greater hippocampal volume among Black adults. Higher education was related to lower hippocampal volume among Latinx adults. In Latinx adults, hippocampal volume mediated the effect of education on memory.
Authors
- Charles DeCarli
- Hilary Colbeth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0750-2735)
- Adam M. Brickman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-8226)
- Batool Rizvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9120-3943)
- Kristen M. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7678)
- Pauline Maillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3516-6345)
- María M. Corrada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-8593)
- Alexander Ivan B. Posis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-0444)
- Paola Gilsanz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-381X)
- Rachel A. Whitmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9511-6138)
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70820
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00