PopulationsHumans9,420 participantsCohort study

Educational attainment, secondary school features, and midlife cognitive functioning: understanding the associations between education and cognitive domains

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B

The paper

Rebecca C Stebbins, Robert A Hummer, Farizah I Rob,

Chantel L Martin, Lauren Gaydosh, Yang Claire Yang,

Allison E Aiello

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B · 1 Oct 2026

doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag159 PubMed 42837507

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