| dc.contributor.author | Gow, Alan J | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Whiteman, Martha C | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Pattie, Alison | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Whalley, Lawrence J | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Starr, John M | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Deary, Ian J | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T12:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T12:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | BMJ 2005;331:141-142 (16 July) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1136/bmj.38531.675660.F7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1487 | |
| dc.description.abstract | What is successful ageing? Current opinion is that “cognitive
vitality is essential to quality of life . . . in old age.” This depends
substantially on people’s cognitive ability from early life, and on
how much they decline from their cognitive peak in young
adulthood. Early cognitive ability also affects physical health and
even survival to old age. But surely happiness and satisfaction
with life are also key indices of successful ageing. Happiness was
described as “the highest good and ultimate motivation for
human action”; this does not seem to be related to current cognitive
ability. Cognitive level in youth and the amount of cognitive
change across the lifespan are important indicators of
cognitive vitality in old age. We examined a unique data set to
investigate whether these factors are associated with people
being happier. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 48292 bytes | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | en |
| dc.subject | Lothian Birth Cohort Studies | en |
| dc.subject | cognitive ability | en |
| dc.title | Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old age: longitudinal cohort study | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
