Reference
Yaakov Stern
The working definition of cognitive reserve, and its separation from brain reserve, comes largely from his papers.
Stern took an observation from clinical ageing research, that the state of a brain and the performance of its owner do not always match, and built a framework around it. His central distinction is between brain reserve, which is structural, and cognitive reserve, which concerns differences in how people process tasks.
We do not cite him as showing that any particular activity builds reserve, and the evidence in this area remains largely observational. His own 2009 review discusses the methodological difficulty of finding a neural basis for it using imaging, and he has since led efforts to get researchers to agree on definitions. We rely on him for what the term means, and not as proof that it can be increased.
Referenced work
- Cognitive reserve (Neuropsychologia, 2009) reference
- A framework for concepts of reserve and resilience in aging (Neurobiology of Aging, with Albert, Barnes, Cabeza, Pascual-Leone and Rapp) reference
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