Abstract

BARBA GALLARDO, Pablo Andrés. Cognitive reserve as prevention in the deterioration of neurocognitive functions in old age. Horizontes Rev. Inv. Cs. Edu. [online]. 2021, vol.5, n.20, pp.126-135. ISSN 2616-7964.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v5i20.258.

The research was developed against the background of high rates of people with neuropsychological and neurodegenerative problems in adulthood. To achieve the objective which was to identify the preventive mechanisms of the cognitive reserve in normal and pathological neurodegenerative processes, from the educational approach; the research was non-experimental of a descriptive type; We worked with 37 people (19 women and 18 men) between 60 and 78 years old. The techniques used are observation, interviews and application of clinical psychometric instruments: MMSE, CRC, MoCA, in addition to interviews with experts. The predominant factors of the cognitive reserve that affect the preventive mechanisms are neurocognitive stimulation, lived experiences, education, occupation and type of leisure, having direct impacts on the neuropsychology of people. Concluding that training and equipping the brain with cognitive ability processes have a positive impact for people in their aging.

Keywords : Cognitive reserve; Pathological; Neuropsychological; Neurodegenerative; Neurocognitive.

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