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Academic education positively affects brain aging.
Academic education slows age-related brain degeneration.
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When parents insist that their children get the best possible education to live a good life, they may be right on several levels. Academic education is not only an entry ticket to many professions but also slows age-related brain degeneration.
Researchers of the University of Zurich studied over 200 senior citizens for more than seven years. They were examined neuroanatomically and neuropsychologically to determine the degree of brain degeneration. Senior citizens with academic backgrounds displayed a lower increase of white spots and black holes - typical signs of brain degeneration. They also processed information faster and more accurately. According to the researchers, those two factors may be related - mental processing speed is linked to the integrity of neural networks.
The study's authors did not find a causal relationship between education and reduced brain degeneration; instead, they raised two possible explanations to be further verified. First, the educated brain creates an increased number of neural and cognitive networks that compensate for impairments, and second, active brains are less susceptible to degeneration itself.
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When parents insist that their children get the best possible education to live a good life, they may be right on several levels. Academic education is not only an entry ticket to many professions but also slows age-related brain degeneration.
Researchers of the University of Zurich studied over 200 senior citizens for more than seven years. They were examined neuroanatomically and neuropsychologically to determine the degree of brain degeneration. Senior citizens with academic backgrounds displayed a lower increase of white spots and black holes - typical signs of brain degeneration. They also processed information faster and more accurately. According to the researchers, those two factors may be related - mental processing speed is linked to the integrity of neural networks.
The study's authors did not find a causal relationship between education and reduced brain degeneration; instead, they raised two possible explanations to be further verified. First, the educated brain creates an increased number of neural and cognitive networks that compensate for impairments, and second, active brains are less susceptible to degeneration itself.
Source: uzh.ch
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