RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of Cognitive Reserve on Cognitive Performance in a Follow-Up Study in Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Complaints. The Role of Working Memory
A1 Lojo Seoane, Cristina
A1 Facal Mayo, David
A1 Guàrdia Olmos, Joan
A1 Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.
A1 Juncos Rabadán, Onésimo
K1 Structural equation model
K1 Education
K1 Cognition
K1 Lifestyle
K1 Working memory
K1 Aging
K1 Episodic memory
AB Objective: Analyze the effects of CR on cognitive performance in adults with subjective cognitive complaints at follow-up.Method: We analyzed the factorial structure of the three constructs defined in cognitive performance (Episodic memory, Working memory, and General cognitive performance) separately to search for evidence of the invariance of the measurement model. We then developed four structural nested models to analyze the relationship between CR and cognitive performance, measured at baseline and after approximately 18 months, in 266 participants older than 50 years with subjective cognitive complaints.Results: The nested models revealed the following main results: direct effects of CR on all cognitive constructs at baseline and also indirect effects on the same constructs at follow-up, and indirect effects of CR on other cognitive constructs at follow-up via working memory at follow-up.Conclusion: The findings show that the proposed model is useful for measuring the influence of CR on cognitive performance in follow-up studies and that CR has a positive influence on cognitive performance at follow-up via working memory. CR may enhance mechanisms of information processing, favoring performance of tasks involving other cognitive constructs in older adults with subjective cognitive complaints
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22201
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22201
LA eng
NO Lojo-Seoane C, Facal D, Guàrdia-Olmos J, Pereiro AX and Juncos-Rabadán O (2018) Effects of Cognitive Reserve on Cognitive Performance in a Follow-Up Study in Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Complaints. The Role of Working Memory. Front. Aging Neurosci. 10:189
NO This work was financially supported by the Spanish Directorate General of Scientific and Technical Research (Project PSI2014- 55316-C3-1-R) and by the Galician Government (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria; axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas do Sistema Universitario de Galicia; GRC (GI-1807-USC); Ref: ED431-2017/27) through FEDER founds
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026