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- Various psychological assets can help protect against cognitive decline in later life by enhancing cognitive reserve.
- This study specifically investigates the impact of adolescent grit, alongside IQ, on late-life cognitive abilities in around 4,000 participants from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.
- Findings reveal that grit is a significant predictor of both immediate and delayed memory in older adults, suggesting that cognitive reserve includes both cognitive factors like IQ and noncognitive factors like grit.
Article Abstract
Various psychological assets have been shown to protect against late-life cognitive impairment by promoting cognitive reserve. While factors such as educational attainment and IQ are well-established contributors to cognitive reserve, noncognitive factors, such as grit, have not been studied in this regard. We examined the contribution of adolescent grit, indexed by high school class rank controlling for IQ, to late-life cognition and its decline among approximately 4000 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a random sample of high school graduates followed from 1957 to 2011. Adolescent grit significantly predicted both immediate and delayed memory at ages 64 and 71, over and above the contribution of IQ. While the relative contributions of IQ and grit to immediate memory were comparable, grit was a stronger predictor of delayed memory. Cognitive reserve has noncognitive, as well as cognitive, components.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5785334 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1210079 | DOI Listing |
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