Université de Fribourg

The relationship of obesity predicting decline in executive functioning is attenuated with greater leisure activities in old age

Ihle, Andreas ; Gouveia, Élvio R. ; Gouveia, Bruna R. ; Zuber, Sascha ; Mella, Nathalie ; Desrichard, Olivier ; Cullati, Stéphane ; Oris, Michel ; Maurer, Jürgen ; Kliegel, Matthias

In: Aging & Mental Health, 2019, p. 1–8

Objectives: We investigated the longitudinal relationship between obesity and subsequent decline in executive functioning over six years as measured through performance changes in the Trail Making Test (TMT). We also examined whether this longitudinal relationship differed by key markers of cognitive reserve (education, occupation, and leisure activities), taking into account age, sex, and...

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Social dynamics in judgment and performance in academic settings

Buchs, Céline ; Chatard, Armand ; Desrichard, Olivier ; Mugny, Gabriel

In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009, vol. 24, no. 2, p. 125-128