Open AccessMidlife Vision Impairment and Cognitive Function in Later Life: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation, Michigan Cohort
Author(s) -
Ajay Kolli,
Michelle Hood,
Carrie KarvonenGutierrez,
Sayoko E. Moroi,
Joshua R. Ehrlich,
Brenda W. Gillespie,
Sarah Dougherty Wood,
David C. Musch
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab180
Subject(s) - cognition , demography , cohort , medicine , cognitive decline , cognitive test , health and retirement study , gerontology , cohort study , recall , memory span , psychology , audiology , dementia , psychiatry , working memory , disease , sociology , cognitive psychology
In older adults, vision impairment (VI) is associated with worse cognitive function. However, the relationship between midlife vision and future cognitive function remains unknown.