Brain agingHumans3,802 participantsCohort study

Religious order membership and cognitive function: Evidence for slower late-life decline despite higher incident dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

The paper

Nwanyieze Ngozi Jiakponnah, Oluchukwu D. Biose, Iyinope Sivebukola,

Chinaka J. Mbaeri, Katie E. Cherry,

Ifechukwude Joachim Biose

Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease · 30 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.1177/13872877261490593 PubMed 42816819

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