The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions

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Autor(a) principal: Wachholz,Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Yassuda,Mônica Sanches
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Resumo: Abstract It is now known that cognitive functions tend to decline with age. Executive functions (EF) are among the first abilities to decline with aging. A subcomponent of the EF is abstract reasoning. The Test of Proverbs is an instrument that can be used to evaluate the capacity of abstract reasoning. Objective: To examine the association of performance in interpretation of proverbs, with education and with episodic memory and EF tasks. Methods: A total of 67 individuals aged between 60 and 75 years were evaluated, and divided into three categories of education: 1-4 years, 5-8 years, and 9 or more years of schooling. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, age, marital status, education, income, previous occupation, current occupation and health perception), the Mini Mental State Examination, Brief Cognitive Screening Battery; Geriatric Depression Scale; Forward and Backward Digit Span (WAIS-III), and the Test of Proverbs. Results: A high impact of education was seen on the interpretation of proverbs, with lower performance among the elderly with less education. A significant association between performance on the Test of Proverbs and scores on the MMSE, GDS, and verbal fluency tests was found. There was a modest association with incidental memory. Conclusions: The capacity to interpret proverbs is strongly associated with education and with performance on other EF tasks.
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spelling The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functionsagingexecutive functionsabstract reasoningtest of proverbsAbstract It is now known that cognitive functions tend to decline with age. Executive functions (EF) are among the first abilities to decline with aging. A subcomponent of the EF is abstract reasoning. The Test of Proverbs is an instrument that can be used to evaluate the capacity of abstract reasoning. Objective: To examine the association of performance in interpretation of proverbs, with education and with episodic memory and EF tasks. Methods: A total of 67 individuals aged between 60 and 75 years were evaluated, and divided into three categories of education: 1-4 years, 5-8 years, and 9 or more years of schooling. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, age, marital status, education, income, previous occupation, current occupation and health perception), the Mini Mental State Examination, Brief Cognitive Screening Battery; Geriatric Depression Scale; Forward and Backward Digit Span (WAIS-III), and the Test of Proverbs. Results: A high impact of education was seen on the interpretation of proverbs, with lower performance among the elderly with less education. A significant association between performance on the Test of Proverbs and scores on the MMSE, GDS, and verbal fluency tests was found. There was a modest association with incidental memory. Conclusions: The capacity to interpret proverbs is strongly associated with education and with performance on other EF tasks.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2011-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000100031Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.5 n.1 2011reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05010006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWachholz,Thalita Bianchi de OliveiraYassuda,Mônica Sancheseng2016-07-25T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642011000100031Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2016-07-25T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
title The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
spellingShingle The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
Wachholz,Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira
aging
executive functions
abstract reasoning
test of proverbs
title_short The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
title_full The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
title_fullStr The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
title_full_unstemmed The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
title_sort The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions
author Wachholz,Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira
author_facet Wachholz,Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira
Yassuda,Mônica Sanches
author_role author
author2 Yassuda,Mônica Sanches
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Wachholz,Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira
Yassuda,Mônica Sanches
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv aging
executive functions
abstract reasoning
test of proverbs
topic aging
executive functions
abstract reasoning
test of proverbs
description Abstract It is now known that cognitive functions tend to decline with age. Executive functions (EF) are among the first abilities to decline with aging. A subcomponent of the EF is abstract reasoning. The Test of Proverbs is an instrument that can be used to evaluate the capacity of abstract reasoning. Objective: To examine the association of performance in interpretation of proverbs, with education and with episodic memory and EF tasks. Methods: A total of 67 individuals aged between 60 and 75 years were evaluated, and divided into three categories of education: 1-4 years, 5-8 years, and 9 or more years of schooling. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, age, marital status, education, income, previous occupation, current occupation and health perception), the Mini Mental State Examination, Brief Cognitive Screening Battery; Geriatric Depression Scale; Forward and Backward Digit Span (WAIS-III), and the Test of Proverbs. Results: A high impact of education was seen on the interpretation of proverbs, with lower performance among the elderly with less education. A significant association between performance on the Test of Proverbs and scores on the MMSE, GDS, and verbal fluency tests was found. There was a modest association with incidental memory. Conclusions: The capacity to interpret proverbs is strongly associated with education and with performance on other EF tasks.
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