Preserved Differentiation Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Performance Across Young, Middle, and Older Adulthood Over 8 Years | Zendy

Allison A. M. Bielak | Zendy; Nicolas Cherbuin | Zendy; David Bunce | Zendy; Kaarin J. Anstey | Zendy

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Preserved Differentiation Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Performance Across Young, Middle, and Older Adulthood Over 8 Years

Author(s) -

Allison A. M. Bielak,

Nicolas Cherbuin,

David Bunce,

Kaarin J. Anstey

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu016

Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , young adult , episodic memory , cognitive decline , cohort , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , gerontology , middle age , working memory , developmental psychology , cognitive skill , medicine , dementia , psychiatry , disease , pathology

A critical question in the activity engagement literature is whether physical exercise alters the trajectory of age-related cognitive decline (differential preservation) or is associated with enhanced baseline cognitive ability (preserved differentiation). Further, investigations considering that these relations may differ across young, middle, and older adulthood are rare.

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