Director's Comments: Predicting Seniors’ Mental Abilities

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Predicting Seniors’ Mental Abilities. The transcript is also available.
A unique study of Scottish adults suggests high intelligence test scores during childhood predict sharper mental abilities later in life. The series of studies of the Lothian (Scotland) cohort of seniors, recently were reported in a news story in Science.

Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news