Socioeconomic Position and Cognitive Function in the Seychelles: A Life Course Analysis | Zendy

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Socioeconomic Position and Cognitive Function in the Seychelles: A Life Course Analysis

Author(s) -

Roni W. Kobrosly,

Edwin van Wijngaarden,

Sandro Galea,

Deborah A. CorySlechta,

Tanzy Love,

Caroline Hong,

Conrad F. Shamlaye,

Philip W. Davidson

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000325779

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , life course approach , medicine , cognition , mediation , cohort , developmental psychology , early childhood , cohort study , affect (linguistics) , demography , psychology , population , psychiatry , environmental health , communication , pathology , sociology , political science , law

Poorer socioeconomic conditions early in life have been linked with memory, attention and learning deficits in adulthood, as well as with specific areas of educational achievement. It remains unclear, however, whether these distal associations are mediated by more current socioeconomic factors. In this study, we sought to confirm the relation between early-life socioeconomic position (SEP) and adult cognitive function, and to examine potential mediation by contemporaneous SEP.

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