Cognitive Leisure and Cognitive Reserve in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Abstract

The effect of cognitive leisure (eg reading books, playing cards etc) on prevention of cognitive impairment was studied in 36 adults (31 women) with MS treated at Kessler Research Center, West Orange, New Jersey Medical School, and Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY.

Keywords

• cognitive leisure
• brain atrophy
• vocabulary and education