Marcio Soto?Añari|Norman López|Claudia Rivera-Fernández|Verónica Belón-Hercilla|Sara Fernández-Guinea
Literacy Level and Executive Control in Healthy Older Peruvian Adults
Universidad Católica San Pablo|University of the Coast|National University of Saint Augustine|Universidad Católica San Pablo|Universidad Complutense de Madrid
introduction earlylife educational experiences associated cognitive performance aging early literacy seems improve executive control mechanisms however clear whether early education would still advantage countries like peru access quality education highly variable aim objective analyze association literacy level executive control factors method evaluated 93 healthy older adults clinical protocol included minimental state examination geriatric depression scale global dementia staging also used neuropsychological executive function battery included trailmaking test parts b stroop test phonological semantic verbal fluency tasks forward backward digits numbers letters wechsler scale gonogo task used principal component analysis dimensional reduction variables measure level literacy used word accentuation test wat results observed statistically significant correlations principal components pcs working memory cognitive flexibility inhibitory control wat scores furthermore observed processing speed wat predict scores pcs factors better years education age conclusions literacy level correlates closely better cognitive performance years education thus might improve executive control factors could compensate protect brain changes cognitive decline dementia