Higher-quality education might impact cognitive function later

Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): A study comprising more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended higher-quality schools had better cognitive function 60 years later.

The findings were published May 2 in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis , Assessment & Disease Monitoring in a paper titled "High school quality is associated with cognition 58 years later.

"Our study establishes a link between high-quality education and better late-life cognition and suggests that increased investment in schools, especially those that serve Black children, could be a powerful strategy to improve cognitive health among older adults in the United States," says Jennifer Manly, PhD, professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University