Young Adult Cognitive Reserve Moderates Neighborhood Disadvantage Effects on Later Life Executive Function: A Nationwide U.S. Study
Higher young adulthood cognitive reserve confers greater cognitive resilience against neighborhood disadvantage in older adulthood. Education did not show the same effect. Fostering early life cognitive development to enhance cognitive reserve-perhaps through improved nutrition and education quality-may buffer against environmental threats to executive function, which is among the earliest cognitive functions affected in later life. That, in turn, may decrease individual vulnerability to MCI and AD.
Authors
- Tyler Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5702-5995)
- Jeremy A. Elman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5840-1769)
- William S. Kremen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8629-5609)
- Carol E. Franz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8987-1755)
- Rongxiang Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-9024)
- Matthew S. Panizzon
- the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging coinvestigators
- Jack F.V. Hunt
Institutions
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70860_100563
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00