Educational attainment does not influence brain aging.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33903255.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1073/pnas.2101644118 and PMC identifier 8106299.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Aging
- Cerebral Cortex
- Education
- Hippocampus