Education and dementia
- 15 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6985) , 951-952
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6985.951
Abstract
Jorm suggested that people with high socioeconomic status might have a greater resistance to the effects of the dementing process, either because their better premorbid intellect reflected a higher level of neural reserve or because they tended to seek more stimulating environments, which helped to prevent a decline in cognitive skills.8 Other studies, however, found no link between education and the diagnosis …Keywords
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