Medical Xpress January 23, 2025
To remain mentally fit for as long as possible in old age, it is important to understand which risk factors could impact cognitive functioning already early in life. Scientists led by the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Greifswald and the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health (ISAP) at Leipzig University have used data from the German National Cohort (NAKO) to investigate the relationship between aspects of socioeconomic inequality and cognitive functioning. The work is published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.
The researchers observed that there is an association between cognitive functioning, particularly with increasing age, and living conditions. Future analyses should investigate the processes behind this in more detail in order to find...
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