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| Title |
The Busier the Better: Greater Busyness Is Associated with Better Cognition
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00098 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sara B. Festini, Ian M. McDonough, Denise C. Park |
| Abstract |
Sustained engagement in mentally challenging activities has been shown to improve memory in older adults. We hypothesized that a busy schedule would be a proxy for an engaged lifestyle and would facilitate cognition. Here, we examined the relationship between busyness and cognition in adults aged 50-89. Participants (N = 330) from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study (DLBS) completed a cognitive battery and the Martin and Park Environmental Demands Questionnaire (MPED), an assessment of busyness. Results revealed that greater busyness was associated with better processing speed, working memory, episodic memory, reasoning, and crystallized knowledge. Hierarchical regressions also showed that, after controlling for age and education, busyness accounted for significant additional variance in all cognitive constructs-especially episodic memory. Finally, an interaction between age and busyness was not present while predicting cognitive performance, suggesting that busyness was similarly beneficial in adults aged 50-89. Although correlational, these data demonstrate that living a busy lifestyle is associated with better cognition. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 109 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 21% |
| Japan | 16 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 6% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Norway | 2 | 2% |
| Ireland | 2 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 47 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 87 | 80% |
| Scientists | 15 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 84 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 19% |
| Researcher | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 29 | 35% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1055. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2024.
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#15,077
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#5
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#1
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