PMID- 25989367
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160803
LR  - 20151027
IS  - 1744-4128 (Electronic)
IS  - 1382-5585 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016
TI  - Social cognition is not associated with cognitive reserve in older adults.
PG  - 61-77
LID - 10.1080/13825585.2015.1048773 [doi]
AB  - Social and general cognitive abilities decline in late life. Those with high 
      cognitive reserve display better general cognitive performance in old age; 
      however, it is unknown whether this is also the case for social cognition. A 
      total of 115 healthy older adults, aged 60-85 years (m = 44, f = 71) were 
      assessed using The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT-R; social 
      cognition), the Lifetime of Experiences Questionnaire (LEQ; cognitive reserve), 
      and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI-II; general cognitive 
      ability). The LEQ did not predict performance on any TASIT-R subtest: Emotion 
      Evaluation Test (beta = -.097, p = .325), Social Inference - Minimal (beta = -.004, p = 
      .972), or Social Inference - Enriched (beta = -.016, p = .878). Sensitivity analyses 
      using two alternative cognitive reserve measures, years of education and the 
      National Adult Reading Test, supported these effects. Cognitive reserve was 
      strongly related to WASI-II performance. Unlike general cognitive ability, social 
      cognition appears unaffected by cognitive reserve. Findings contribute to the 
      emerging understanding that cognitive reserve differentially affects individual 
      cognitive domains, which has implications for the theoretical understanding of 
      cognitive reserve and its brain correlates. Cognitive measures unbiased by 
      cognitive reserve may serve as best indicators of brain health, free of 
      compensatory mechanisms.
FAU - Lavrencic, Louise M
AU  - Lavrencic LM
AD  - a Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social 
      Policy , University of South Australia , Adelaide , Australia.
FAU - Kurylowicz, Lisa
AU  - Kurylowicz L
AD  - a Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social 
      Policy , University of South Australia , Adelaide , Australia.
FAU - Valenzuela, Michael J
AU  - Valenzuela MJ
AD  - b Regenerative Neuroscience Group, Brain and Mind Research Institute , University 
      of Sydney , Sydney , Australia.
FAU - Churches, Owen F
AU  - Churches OF
AD  - c Brain and Cognition Laboratory, School of Psychology , Flinders University , 
      Adelaide , Australia.
FAU - Keage, Hannah A D
AU  - Keage HA
AD  - a Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social 
      Policy , University of South Australia , Adelaide , Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150519
PL  - United States
TA  - Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
JT  - Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology 
      and cognition
JID - 9614434
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Aging/*psychology
MH  - *Cognitive Reserve
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Language Tests
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychological Tests
MH  - Reading
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Wechsler Scales
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cognitive reserve
OT  - emotion evaluation
OT  - older adults
OT  - sex differences
OT  - theory of mind
EDAT- 2015/05/20 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/04 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/20 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/13825585.2015.1048773 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2016;23(1):61-77. doi: 
      10.1080/13825585.2015.1048773. Epub 2015 May 19.