In healthy people, more frequent cognitive activity is related to delayed and slower cognitive decline. Even if Alzheimer’s pathology is developing in the brain, the symptoms will not show until later. Dementia onset is thus postponed. Whether pathology is present in the brain or not, engaging in cognitive activity contributes to delay a decline that other wise would occur.
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