Beyond the classroom: how high school extracurricular activities shape cognitive health in later life
Our findings show that cognitive extracurricular activities in adolescence build cognitive reserve and support verbal fluency and word recall across the life course. These results highlight the important role of early-life experiences for healthy cognitive aging and suggest that promoting extracurricular cognitive engagement during adolescence may have lasting cognitive benefits.
Authors
- Sara M. Moorman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7555-1769)
- Saber Khani
Institutions
- Boston College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf259
- Primary Topic
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00