Insights about personality traits and cognitive performance and decline in adults 51-59 Years old from the Wisconsin longitudinal study.
Sherry A BeaudreauChristine E GouldNathan C HantkeAbigail O KramerMadhuvanthi SureshBooil JoJennifer K FairchildPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2022)
None of the midlife personality traits were uniformly associated with change in cognitive performance in early older adulthood. High midlife Openness had the most noteworthy impact on cognition. Interventions designed to target Openness have potential to elevate and maintain a higher threshold of performance in some cognitive domains, but may only have a small impact on cognitive change.