Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning
Aims: We investigated whether the longitudinal relation between memory complaints and subsequent decline in executive functioning over 6 years differed by leisure activity engagement as major contributor to cognitive reserve in old age. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal data from 897 older adults (M...
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| author | Andreas Ihle Élvio R. Gouveia Bruna R. Gouveia Matthias Kliegel |
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| description | Aims: We investigated whether the longitudinal relation between memory complaints and subsequent decline in executive functioning over 6 years differed by leisure activity engagement as major contributor to cognitive reserve in old age. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal data from 897 older adults (M = 74.33 years) tested on the Trail Making Test (TMT) in two waves 6 years apart. Participants reported information on memory complaints and leisure activity engagement. Results: There was a significant interaction of memory complaints with leisure activity engagement on latent change in executive functioning. Specifically, only for individuals with less (but not those with greater) leisure activity engagement, memory complaints significantly predicted a steeper subsequent decline in executive functioning across 6 years (i.e., increases in TMT completion time). Conclusion: The role of memory complaints as an early predictor of decline in executive functioning seems to vary by individuals’ cognitive reserve. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01fd38c6618e4c5c88030465b6fc58b22022-12-21T17:49:56ZengKarger PublishersDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra1664-54642020-07-01102697310.1159/000508363508363Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive FunctioningAndreas IhleÉlvio R. GouveiaBruna R. GouveiaMatthias KliegelAims: We investigated whether the longitudinal relation between memory complaints and subsequent decline in executive functioning over 6 years differed by leisure activity engagement as major contributor to cognitive reserve in old age. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal data from 897 older adults (M = 74.33 years) tested on the Trail Making Test (TMT) in two waves 6 years apart. Participants reported information on memory complaints and leisure activity engagement. Results: There was a significant interaction of memory complaints with leisure activity engagement on latent change in executive functioning. Specifically, only for individuals with less (but not those with greater) leisure activity engagement, memory complaints significantly predicted a steeper subsequent decline in executive functioning across 6 years (i.e., increases in TMT completion time). Conclusion: The role of memory complaints as an early predictor of decline in executive functioning seems to vary by individuals’ cognitive reserve.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/508363memory complaintsdecline in executive functioningcognitive reserveleisure activities |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Ihle Élvio R. Gouveia Bruna R. Gouveia Matthias Kliegel Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra memory complaints decline in executive functioning cognitive reserve leisure activities |
| title | Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning |
| title_full | Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning |
| title_short | Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Predictive Role of Memory Complaints for Subsequent Decline in Executive Functioning |
| title_sort | cognitive reserve moderates the predictive role of memory complaints for subsequent decline in executive functioning |
| topic | memory complaints decline in executive functioning cognitive reserve leisure activities |
| url | https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/508363 |
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