News Report | October 21, 2018
Childhood Poverty Tied To Lower Cognitive Performance In Old Age
Older adults who experienced poverty during childhood had lower baseline cognitive performance in terms of memory, verbal fluency, and delayed recall than older adults who did not experience poverty. However, over a 10-year follow-up period, the rate of cognitive decline was not more rapid among those who had experienced poverty during childhood.
These findings were reported in "Socioeconomic Position In Childhood And Cognitive Aging In Europe," by Pavla Cermakova, M.D., Ph.D.; Tomas Formanek, Bc; Anna Kagstrom, M.Sc.; and Petr Winkler, Ph.Dr. The researchers analyzed data from 20,244 participants from 16 European countries who . . .