Social Condition and Cognitive Function Among Boston Area Puerto Ricans
Natalia Palacios, Shishova Ekaterina, Tammy Scott, Luis Falcon, Katherine L Tucker · 2025
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Natalia Palacios and co-authors examine, in a 2025 study, how social conditions shape thinking skills among Puerto Rican adults near Boston. Their score of social standing mixed schooling, income, stress, food security, and how settled people felt in a new culture.
The score was tracked over more than twelve years in an adult cohort. Worse average conditions went with weaker thinking scores, even after other factors were taken into account. Schooling and income carried the strongest link, but stress and food security mattered too. The authors argue that brain health in this community cannot be split from the daily conditions people live with.
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| CREATOR | Natalia Palacios, Shishova Ekaterina, Tammy Scott, Luis Falcon, Katherine L Tucker |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |