TY  - GEN
TI  - Engaging in cognitively stimulating activities and change in cognitive function: a cross-country analysis using SHARE
AV  - public
Y1  - 2021/04//
EP  - 47
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N2  - We examine the relationship between different types of cognitively stimulating activities (CSAs) and cognitive function in a sample of community-dwelling Europeans aged 50 and older. The data were drawn from the fourth, fifth and sixth waves of the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The cognitive activities analysed were: educational and training courses; reading books, newspapers and magazines; word or number games (such as crossword puzzles or Sudoku); and playing chess or cards. The cognitive function outcomes under investigation were memory and verbal fluency. Our longitudinal analysis of changes in cognitive abilities show that CSAs can constitute a potential source for the delay or reduction of cognitive decline, even after a short period - only 4 years - of engagement in such activities and regardless of one?s age.
ID  - discovery10126988
UR  - https://ideas.repec.org/p/qss/dqsswp/2115.html
PB  - UCL Social Research Institute
CY  - London, UK
A1  - Cegelon, A
A1  - Jenkins, A
T3  - QSS Working Papers
KW  - ageing
KW  -  cognitive decline
KW  -  memory
KW  -  verbal fluency
KW  -  cognitively stimulating activities
ER  -