cognitive reserve
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At the bookstore, he reads up on Alzheimer’s disease and hatches a plan to build up the cognitive reserve of all his grandparents by feeding them spinach and keeping them mentally engaged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
It has since been postulated that so-called cognitive reserve might account for this differential protective effect in individuals.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
“Begin building that cognitive reserve now, so the money is in the bank for down the road if our brains need it.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2022
With my mother, there was something known as cognitive reserve.
From Salon ● May 9, 2022
In combination, these state actions in service of public health are believed by most experts—including the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention—to have enhanced the cognitive reserve of today’s older adults.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2021
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