Leisure activity engagement, spirituality, and cognitive function in middle-aged and older Black adults.
Objectives Leisure activity engagement (LAE) and spirituality are independently associated with cognition and may serve as protective cognitive factors with age. However, the dynamic interaction of LAE and spirituality on subjective (e.g. memory complaints) and objective cognitive function (e.g. neu...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 9 |
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