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SUBMITTER: Smart EL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277669 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smart Emily L EL Gow Alan J AJ Deary Ian J IJ
Neurology 20141119 24
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine associations between complexity of main lifetime occupation and cognitive performance in later life.<h4>Methods</h4>Occupational complexity ratings for data, people, and things were collected from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles for 1,066 individuals (men = 534, women = 532) in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. IQ data were available from mean age 11 years. Cognitive ability data across the domains of general ability, processing speed, and memory were available at ...[more]