Open AccessEducation associated with a delayed onset of terminal decline
Author(s) -
Graciela MuñizTerrera,
Thaı́s Minett,
Carol Brayne,
Fiona E. Matthews
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft150
Subject(s) - medicine , cognitive decline , demography , gerontology , cohort , association (psychology) , educational attainment , cognition , psychiatry , psychology , dementia , disease , sociology , economics , psychotherapist , economic growth
the terminal decline hypothesis suggests an acceleration in the rate of loss of cognitive function before death. Evidence about the association of educational attainment and the onset of terminal decline is scarce.
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