Openness to Experience and Activity Engagement Facilitate the Maintenance of Verbal Ability in Older Adults.

The current study used data from the Aberdeen Birth Cohort, 1936, to investigate the hypothesis that the positive effects of the personality trait Openness on cognitive ability are mediated by activity levels. Results of latent growth modeling analysis revealed that higher Openness predicted better...

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Published in:	Psychology & Aging Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 849 - 855
Main Authors:	Hogan, Michael J., Staff, Roger T., Bunting, Brendan P., Deary, Ian J., Whalley, Lawrence J.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association Dec2012
Subjects:	Cohort analysis Memory Intelligence tests Personality & cognition Physical activity
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