The Healthy Brain Project: A prospective cohort study to examine how later-life university education may affect the trajectory of ageing-related cognitive decline

先前的研究表明，成年早期较高的教育水平与老年人痴呆症的风险较低有关。这个世界上第一个项目将研究接受大学教育的老年人是否比不接受进一步教育的老年人降低了与年龄相关的认知下降率。这将支持这样一种观点，即在晚年提高认知储备可以防止年龄和疾病相关的神经退行性变化。

Previous research has indicated that higher levels of education in early adulthood are associated with lower risk for dementia in older adults. This world-first project will examine if older adults who undertake university education have reduced rates of age-related cognitive decline than older adults who do not undertake further education. This would support the notion that boosting cognitive reserve in later life is protective against age- and disease-related neurodegenerative change.