Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI).“The total amount of formal education that people receive is related to their average levels of cognitive functioning throughout adulthood,” said Dr.
Elliot M. Tucker-Drob, a researcher with the University of Texas at Austin, and coauthor on the paper. “However, it is not appreciably related to their rates of aging-related cognitive declines.”This conclusion refutes the longstanding hypothesis that formal education in childhood through early adulthood meaningfully protects against cognitive aging.
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