Just one extra year of schooling could make all the difference to your cognitive health SolStock/Getty Images
In 1972, the UK government raised the minimum school-leaver鈥檚 age from 15 to 16, with the goal of giving more students intellectual skills for modern occupations. Now, as these teens pass though their sixties, another benefit may be emerging: a lower risk of dementia. But with research from other groups muddying the waters, this relationship is far from clear-cut.
The idea that education protects against dementia isn鈥檛 new. at Columbia University in New York in…
