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Based on data from the Health and Retirement Study, Bavishi et al. (2016) reported that adjusting for education, health, and other covariates, individuals who read books showed a 20% reduction in mortality risk over 12 years relative to non-readers and those who read magazines and newspapers, an effect that was mediated by cognition.
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Reading books showed a 20% reduction in mortality risk over 12 years relative to non-readers
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- Bavishi et al. (2016)
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{ "date": "2022-07-10", "study": "Health and Retirement Study", "journal": "Frontiers in Psychology", "section": "Psychology of Aging", "timeframe": "12 years", "comparison": "Relative to non-readers", "mortality_reduction": "20%" } - UUID
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The Effects of Sustained Literacy Engagement on Cognition and Sentence Processing Among Older Adults
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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923795/full?campaign_id=18&emc=edit_hh_20250829&instance_id=161530&nl=well®i_id=122976029&segment_id=204892&user_id=b25c5730c89e0c73f75709d8f1254337
Study shows sustained reading improves verbal working memory and episodic memory in older adults. Enhanced conceptual integration in sentence processing also observed.
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