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Numeracy, Literacy, and Formal Education as Mechanisms of Inequities in Late‐Life Cognitive Performance among Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Mexican Older Adults
AAIC 2025 Abstract
Abstract
Background: While bilingualism is generally associated with better cognitive test performance, literature suggests that Indigenous‐Spanish bilingual older adults perform worse compared to their non‐Indigenous Spanish monolingual counterparts.
The paper
Sirena Gutierrez, Iris Strangmann, Zachary J. Kunicki, Miguel Arce Rentería
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Alexa S. Gonzalez, Gelan Ying, Jacqueline M. Torres, Jennifer Weuve, Antonio Terracciano, Jet M. J. Vonk, Emily M. Briceño,University of California, San Francisco · Columbia University Irving Medical Center
AAIC 2025 Abstract · 23 Dec 2025 · CC BY
Presented at AAIC 2025

