Altruistic behaviour, but not volunteering, has been associated with cognitive performance in community-dwelling older persons.
Jimilly C CorrêaMaria P W ÁvilaAlessandra L G LucchettiGiancarlo LucchettiPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2018)
Altruistic behaviour seems to have a role in older persons' cognition, with more altruistic people tending to have greater cognitive performance. These findings can assist in developing mechanisms that can help keep older people more cognitively active and serve as the foundation for future interventions and studies in this area.