🧠 Sexism & Memory Decline
Women born in most sexist US states experience faster memory decline after 65 (equivalent to 9 years of cognitive aging) compared to those in less sexist states
Reducing structural sexism could improve long-term cognitive health
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doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Early life exposure to structural sexism and late‐life memory trajectories among black and white women and men in the United States
INTRODUCTION We investigated whether early life exposure to state-level structural sexism influenced late-life memory trajectories among United Staes (U.S.) -born women and men and determined whethe...