Cognitive reserve does not support the retrieval of well-known proper names in older people.

Margarete Delazer Lukas Lenhart Marie-Theres PertlMelanie NageleElke R GizewskiThomas BenkeChristoph Scherfler

Published in: Neuropsychology (2020)

Cognitive reserve has a differential effect on cognitive abilities in advances age. Education did not support the retrieval of well-known proper names but positively affected the retrieval of common names and performance in memory tasks. Cognitive reserve has to be considered in neuropsychological diagnostic procedures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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