Social engagement, formal education, and cognitive outcomes among older adults in India: A longitudinal population‐based study
Peiyao Zhu, Emma Nichols, Marco Angrisani, Alden L. Gross, Jinkook Lee, Lindsay C Kobayashi · 2026
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Peiyao Zhu and co-authors study whether an active social life protects thinking in older adults in India, in this 2026 paper. Social engagement has been tied to better cognition elsewhere, but its role as people age in India was less clear. Schooling may also change the link.
The study followed nearly thirty-nine hundred adults aged sixty and older across two waves, about five years apart. A twelve-point index scored social engagement at the start. People with richer social lives scored higher on thinking tests at baseline. Their rate of decline, though, was no slower, and schooling did not clearly alter the pattern. The authors discuss what this means for aging programs.
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| CREATOR | Peiyao Zhu, Emma Nichols, Marco Angrisani, Alden L. Gross, Jinkook Lee, Lindsay C Kobayashi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |