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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
The Association of Marital Status with Working Memory in a Community-Dwelling Sample of Older Adults
- Jamil Lane
University of Rochester - Jamil Lane
University of Rochester - Silvia Sorensen
University of Rochester - Silvia Sorensen
University of Rochester
Abstract
A fixed effects one-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test calculated to compare the effect of marital status on the digit-span total raw scores (working memory) in older adults. Results suggest that marriage is linked to higher working memory abilities, which may suggest that an intimate partnership offer cognitive stimulation.
Aging
