A recent study published in Psychological Science reveals a notable association between verbal fluency and decreased mortality. Led by Paolo Ghisletta from the University of Geneva, the research analyzed data from the Berlin Aging Study involving over 500 older adults. The findings indicate that among various cognitive measures, only verbal fluency was significantly linked to longevity, predicting nearly a nine-year difference in lifespan for those with high fluency scores compared to low. This suggests that maintaining linguistic abilities may have important implications for cognitive health and survival.
Ghisletta and his collaborators found "an almost nine-year predicted difference in median survival time between the study participants with high versus low values on verbal fluency."
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