- Stroke survivors with higher education levels exhibit faster declines in executive function after stroke.
- Higher education was linked to better initial cognitive performance post-stroke.
- No significant associations were observed between education level and rates of decline in global cognition or memory.
- Among the study's limitations were possible limited generalizability among racial or ethnic groups.
- Investigators suggest that higher education's association with steeper declines in executive function may be due to limits in cognitive reserve compensation.
Source: JAMA Network Open
