撰稿人: SOON LIH GOH
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06 Jun, 2020
A research carried out by the Georgetown University Medical Centre revealed that education aids in slowing down memory loss in older adults, especially among women. The research looked at 704 Taiwanese adults with the age range of 58 to 98 years old and tested their declarative memory - the ability to remember events, facts and words, and other details such as where you put your keys or someone’s name. The participants’ years of education were recorded while they were shown drawings of objects and asked to recall them several minutes later. The results show that this protective effect was particularly strong among women, with the team finding that the memory gains associated with each year of education were five times larger than the losses experienced during each year of ageing among female participants, and two times larger among the male participants. The study’s lead author, Jana Reifegerste explained, “since learning new information in declarative memory is easier if it is related to knowledge we already have, more knowledge from more education should result in better memory abilities, even years later.” “Simply said, learning begets learning,” added the study’s senior investigator, Michael Ullman, PhD. Read the full article in the link below: