Literacy Level and Executive Control in Healthy Older Peruvian Adults

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dc.contributor.authorSoto-Añari, M.
dc.contributor.authorLópez, N.
dc.contributor.authorRivera-Fernández, C.
dc.contributor.authorBelón-Hercilla, V.
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Guinea, S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T00:05:40Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T00:05:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstract"Introduction: Early-life educational experiences are associated with cognitive performance in aging. Early literacy seems to improve executive control mechanisms, however, it is not clear whether early education would still be an advantage in countries like Peru, where access to and quality of education is highly variable. Aim: Our objective was to analyze the association of literacy level with executive control factors. Method: We evaluated 93 healthy older adults with a clinical protocol that included the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale and Global Dementia Staging. We also used a neuropsychological executive function battery which included the Trail-Making Test parts A and B, the Stroop Test, phonological and semantic verbal fluency tasks, Forward and Backward Digits, Numbers and Letters of the Wechsler Scale, and the Go/No-Go task. We used a principal component analysis for the dimensional reduction of the variables. To measure the level of literacy we used the word accentuation test (WAT). Results: We observed statistically significant correlations between the principal components (PCs) of working memory, cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control with the WAT scores. Furthermore, we observed that processing speed and WAT predict the scores on PCs factors better than years of education and age. Conclusions: Literacy level correlates more closely with better cognitive performance than years of education and thus, might improve executive control factors that could compensate and protect against brain changes in cognitive decline and dementia." es_PE
dc.description.uriTrabajo académicoes_PE
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fneur.2021.629048es_PE
dc.identifier.issn16642295
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12590/17071
dc.language.isoenges_PE
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.es_PE
dc.publisher.countryPEes_PE
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_PE
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dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccesses_PE
dc.sourceUniversidad Católica San Pabloes_PE
dc.sourceRepositorio Institucional - UCSPes_PE
dc.subjectAginges_PE
dc.subjectDementiaes_PE
dc.subjectEducationes_PE
dc.subjectExecutive controles_PE
dc.subjectLiteracy leveles_PE
dc.subjectNeuropsychologyes_PE
dc.subject.ocdehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00es_PE
dc.titleLiteracy Level and Executive Control in Healthy Older Peruvian Adultses_PE
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_PE
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renati.typehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/renati/type#trabajoAcademico
thesis.degree.disciplinePsicologíaes_PE
thesis.degree.grantorUniversidad Católica San Pablo. Departamento de Psicologíaes_PE
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