Educational attainment does not influence brain aging

Education has been related to various advantageous lifetime outcomes. Here, using longitudinal structural MRI data (4,422 observations), we tested the influential hypothesis that higher education translates into slower rates of brain aging. Cross-sectionally, education was modestly associated with r...

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Autores principales: Nyberg, Lars, Magnussen, Fredrik, Lundquist, Anders, Baaré, William, Bartrés-Faz, David, Bertram, Lars, Boraxbekk, C. J., Brandmaier, Andreas M., Drevon, Christian A., Ebmeier, Klaus, Ghisletta, Paolo, Henson, Richard N., Junqué, Carme, Kievit, Rogier, Kleemeyer, Maike, Knights, Ethan, Kühn, Simone, Lindenberger, Ulman, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Pudas, Sara, Sørensen, Øystein, Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia, Walhovd, Kristine B., Fjell, Anders M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Social Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8106299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101644118
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author Nyberg, Lars
Magnussen, Fredrik
Lundquist, Anders
Baaré, William
Bartrés-Faz, David
Bertram, Lars
Boraxbekk, C. J.
Brandmaier, Andreas M.
Drevon, Christian A.
Ebmeier, Klaus
Ghisletta, Paolo
Henson, Richard N.
Junqué, Carme
Kievit, Rogier
Kleemeyer, Maike
Knights, Ethan
Kühn, Simone
Lindenberger, Ulman
Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
Pudas, Sara
Sørensen, Øystein
Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia
Walhovd, Kristine B.
Fjell, Anders M.
author_facet Nyberg, Lars
Magnussen, Fredrik
Lundquist, Anders
Baaré, William
Bartrés-Faz, David
Bertram, Lars
Boraxbekk, C. J.
Brandmaier, Andreas M.
Drevon, Christian A.
Ebmeier, Klaus
Ghisletta, Paolo
Henson, Richard N.
Junqué, Carme
Kievit, Rogier
Kleemeyer, Maike
Knights, Ethan
Kühn, Simone
Lindenberger, Ulman
Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
Pudas, Sara
Sørensen, Øystein
Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia
Walhovd, Kristine B.
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description Education has been related to various advantageous lifetime outcomes. Here, using longitudinal structural MRI data (4,422 observations), we tested the influential hypothesis that higher education translates into slower rates of brain aging. Cross-sectionally, education was modestly associated with regional cortical volume. However, despite marked mean atrophy in the cortex and hippocampus, education did not influence rates of change. The results were replicated across two independent samples. Our findings challenge the view that higher education slows brain aging.
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spelling pubmed-81062992021-05-12 Educational attainment does not influence brain aging Nyberg, Lars Magnussen, Fredrik Lundquist, Anders Baaré, William Bartrés-Faz, David Bertram, Lars Boraxbekk, C. J. Brandmaier, Andreas M. Drevon, Christian A. Ebmeier, Klaus Ghisletta, Paolo Henson, Richard N. Junqué, Carme Kievit, Rogier Kleemeyer, Maike Knights, Ethan Kühn, Simone Lindenberger, Ulman Penninx, Brenda W. J. H. Pudas, Sara Sørensen, Øystein Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia Walhovd, Kristine B. Fjell, Anders M. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences Education has been related to various advantageous lifetime outcomes. Here, using longitudinal structural MRI data (4,422 observations), we tested the influential hypothesis that higher education translates into slower rates of brain aging. Cross-sectionally, education was modestly associated with regional cortical volume. However, despite marked mean atrophy in the cortex and hippocampus, education did not influence rates of change. The results were replicated across two independent samples. Our findings challenge the view that higher education slows brain aging. National Academy of Sciences 2021-05-04 2021-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8106299/ /pubmed/33903255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101644118 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Nyberg, Lars
Magnussen, Fredrik
Lundquist, Anders
Baaré, William
Bartrés-Faz, David
Bertram, Lars
Boraxbekk, C. J.
Brandmaier, Andreas M.
Drevon, Christian A.
Ebmeier, Klaus
Ghisletta, Paolo
Henson, Richard N.
Junqué, Carme
Kievit, Rogier
Kleemeyer, Maike
Knights, Ethan
Kühn, Simone
Lindenberger, Ulman
Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
Pudas, Sara
Sørensen, Øystein
Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia
Walhovd, Kristine B.
Fjell, Anders M.
Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title_full Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title_fullStr Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title_full_unstemmed Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title_short Educational attainment does not influence brain aging
title_sort educational attainment does not influence brain aging
topic Social Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8106299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101644118
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