Episodic memory improvement in illiterate adults attending late-life education irrespective of low socioeconomic status: insights from the PROAME study.
Emma Patrice RuppertJoão Victor de Faria RochaAída Lourandes da SilvaKelle Luisa Dos Santos TomazClarisse Vasconcelos FriedlaenderJoanna de Castro Magalhães AssençãoLuciana Paula RinconNorton Gray Ferreira RibeiroDulce Constantina de Souza SantosAna Paula Zacarias LimaIsabel Elaine AllenPaulo CaramelliLea Tenenholz GrinbergFrancisca Izabel Pereira MacielElisa de Paula França ResendePublished in: Dementia & neuropsychologia (2024)
Irrespective of SES, participants demonstrated positive outcomes after attending basic education. These findings highlight that late life education could be an important non-pharmacologic preventative measure, especially in LMICs.