The American journal Brain reveals that intellectual abilities one develops before the age of 25 help people to maintain their cognitive functions as they get older.
A team from the University of Cambridge, plus U.S. and Finnish researchers, conducted a study on the subject. They observed 832 seniors. Researchers noted that brain damage associated with Alzheimer’s disease will occur sooner or later. This is inevitable, regardless of the level of education completed.
However, researchers also observed that people who had a higher level of education did not suffer from Alzheimer’s in their lifetime, compared to those who had a shorter education. The higher the level of education, the more control observed over dementia-related brain changes.
Study co-author Dr. Hannah Keage from the University of Cambridge in England commented in a university news release. She observed: "Our study shows education in early life appears to enable some people to cope with a lot of changes in their brain before showing dementia symptoms."