Having positive beliefs about aging can reverse cognitive impairment and improve memory, a new study finds.
A new, published April 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at the way beliefs about aging affected recovery from moderate cognitive impairment in adults over 65. Scientists tracked 1,716 individuals over the course of 12 years to see if they could predict who would experience MCI and who would be most likely to recover from MCI.
For the study, researchers tested how well participants performed at various cognitive tasks at different points over the 12 years."So if somebody gets below a certain amount, they're considered to be in the mild cognitive impairment group. And if they get above the cut point, they're considered to be in normal cognition," says Levy.
"There is research to show that there are cognitive skills that stay the same or get better ... later in life," says Levy.
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