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      • Research published in 2020 by The Lancet Commission that examined dementia interventions found 7% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by increasing early-life education. The study found higher childhood education levels and higher lifelong educational attainment could reduce dementia risk.
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      Higher Ed, Lower Risk | Alzheimer's Association

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  3. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC3193875The Relationship between Education and Dementia An Updated ...

    Researchers have proposed a number of mechanisms to explain the relationship between education and risk for dementia including: brain reserve, cognitive reserve, “use it or lose it”, the brain-battering hypothesis, ascertainment/diagnostic bias, and education as a proxy for a third variable (s).

  4. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC6682517The positive impacts of early-life education on cognition ...

    Overall, the current study aims to examine the following hypotheses: 1) highly educated individuals exhibit more engagement in leisure activity and have less age-related cognitive declines compared to those with lower education; 2) the age effects on brain GM/WM changes are mitigated in individuals with higher education levels; and 3) education acts as a moderator between brain structural ...

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  6. www.alzheimersresearchuk.org › news › differences-inDifferences in early-life education linked to dementia risk

    Jul 30, 2020 · Research presented at the 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference suggests that higher quality early-life education is linked to better language and memory performance, and lower risk of dementia.

  7. www.cam.ac.uk › research › newsWhy more education lowers dementia risk - University of Cambridge

    Jul 23, 2010 · Examining the brains of 872 people who had been part of three large ageing studies, and who before their deaths had completed questionnaires about their education, the researchers found that more education makes people better able to cope with changes in the brain associated with dementia.

  8. www.thelancet.com › journals › lancetDementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the

    Risk factors in early life (education), midlife (hypertension, obesity, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, and alcohol misuse) and later life (smoking, depression, physical inactivity, social isolation, diabetes, and air pollution) can contribute to increased dementia risk .

    • Gill Livingston, Gill Livingston, Jonathan Huntley, Andrew Sommerlad, Andrew Sommerlad, David Ames, ...
    • 2020

  9. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleWhat does (low) education mean in terms of dementia risk? A ...

    Dec 1, 2020 · This systematic review has updated and reiterated the evidence for an association between education in early life and reduced risk of AD and any dementia incidence, with the addition of 16 previously unconsidered studies.

  10. www.thelancet.com › article › S0140-6736(17)31363-6Dementia prevention, intervention, and care - The Lancet

    Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so, will transform the future for society.