Information processing speed as a mediator between psychosocial stress and global cognition in older adults

ConclusionsPsychosocial stress may increase the likelihood that older adults will experience poor processing capacity, which could reduce their higher level cognition. Results indicate that there is a need to develop processing capacity intervention programmes for psychologically distressed older adults to prevent them from suffering cognitive decline.

Source: Psychogeriatrics - January 26, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hui F. Foong, Tengku A. Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Sharifah A. Haron Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research