Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance
Yaakov Stern · Eider M. Arenaza‐Urquijo · David Bartrés‐Faz · Sylvie Belleville · Marc Cantilon · Gael Chetelat · Michael Ewers · Nicolai Franzmeier · Gerd Kempermann · William S. Kremen · Ozioma Okonkwo · Nikolaos Scarmeas · Anja Soldan · Chinedu Udeh‐Momoh · Michael Valenzuela · Prashanthi Vemuri · Eero Vuoksimaa · and the Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors PIA Empirical Definitions and Conceptual Frameworks Workgroup
Alzheimer's & Dementia · 2020
What the research tells us
This whitepaper distinguishes cognitive reserve, brain reserve and brain maintenance, giving researchers a shared vocabulary for different explanations of preserved cognitive function.
What to keep in mind
These concepts belong to cognitive and brain research. They cannot be treated as interchangeable measures of whole-body physiological reserve, fitness or subjective energy.
Study at a glance
- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Expert workgroup definitions and research guidance in cognitive aging and dementia.
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- Definitions and research measures for cognitive reserve, brain reserve and brain maintenance.
- OUTCOMES
- Conceptual and measurement guidance for studying cognition in relation to aging and disease.
- TIME FRAME
- Journal volume published in 2020; first online in 2018. No single follow-up period.
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