TY - JOUR
T1 - Predispositional engagement, activity engagement, and cognition among older adults.
AU - Parisi, Jeanine M.
AU - Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A.L.
AU - Noh, Soo Rim
AU - Morrow, Daniel G.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for support from the National Institute on Aging (R03 AG024551 and R01 AG029475) and the Roybal Center for Healthy Minds (P30 AG023101). We also wish to thank Adam Joncich, Axel Larson, Terri Lundbom, Theresa Pace, Summer Porter, and Nathan Stine for all of their help with participant testing, scoring, and data entry. Finally, thanks to Matthew Shake and Shoshana Hindin for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - We investigated interrelationships between the predisposition toward approaching experiences in a mindful and creative way, participation in specific activities, and cognition among older adults. Participants were administered a battery measuring cognition (i.e., working memory, processing speed, divergent thinking, inductive reasoning, visuo-spatial processing), activity level, and the predisposition towards mental engagement (Need for Cognition, Mindfulness, and Openness to Experience). Results indicated that predispositional engagement and activity engagement are distinct constructs that independently contribute to different aspects of fluid ability, highlighting the importance of considering both the predisposition toward mental engagement as well as the habitual tendency to participate in activities when exploring principles of cognitive optimization.
AB - We investigated interrelationships between the predisposition toward approaching experiences in a mindful and creative way, participation in specific activities, and cognition among older adults. Participants were administered a battery measuring cognition (i.e., working memory, processing speed, divergent thinking, inductive reasoning, visuo-spatial processing), activity level, and the predisposition towards mental engagement (Need for Cognition, Mindfulness, and Openness to Experience). Results indicated that predispositional engagement and activity engagement are distinct constructs that independently contribute to different aspects of fluid ability, highlighting the importance of considering both the predisposition toward mental engagement as well as the habitual tendency to participate in activities when exploring principles of cognitive optimization.
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U2 - 10.1080/13825580902866653
DO - 10.1080/13825580902866653
M3 - Article
C2 - 19468932
AN - SCOPUS:71349084885
SN - 1382-5585
VL - 16
SP - 485
EP - 504
JO - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
JF - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
IS - 4
ER -