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A new study has established a connection between late-life cognition and the quality of education a person was able to access in high school. Sampling over 2000 people who attended high school in the 1960s, researchers found those who had a better educational high school experience faired better in tests of cognitive function later in life than those who had attended a poorer quality high school. The findings could help improve current educational standards and suggest focusing on the quality of high school education can have a significant, beneficial impact on cognition throughout life, espec...
Attending a high school with a high number of teachers with graduate training was the clearest predictor of the impact of school quality on late-life cognition, researchers found.
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