eprintid: 10126988
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/12/69/88
datestamp: 2021-12-17 17:14:06
lastmod: 2021-12-18 23:37:37
status_changed: 2021-12-17 17:14:06
type: working_paper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Cegelon, A
creators_name: Jenkins, A
title: Engaging in cognitively stimulating activities and change in cognitive function: a cross-country analysis using SHARE
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: ageing, cognitive decline, memory, verbal fluency, cognitively stimulating activities
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abstract: 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.
date: 2021-04
date_type: published
publisher: UCL Social Research Institute
official_url: https://ideas.repec.org/p/qss/dqsswp/2115.html
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1861258
lyricists_name: Jenkins, Andrew
lyricists_id: AJENK22
actors_name: Jenkins, Andrew
actors_id: AJENK22
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: QSS Working Papers
number: 21-15
place_of_pub: London, UK
pages: 47
citation:        Cegelon, A;    Jenkins, A;      (2021)    Engaging in cognitively stimulating activities and change in cognitive function: a cross-country analysis using SHARE.                    (QSS Working Papers  21-15). UCL Social Research Institute: London, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126988/1/qsswp2115_final_published.pdf