Education doesn’t slow cognitive aging

A 33‑country longitudinal analysis finds that while more‑educated people score higher on memory at any age, their rate of decline is about the same as less‑educated peers. Education raises the baseline level but does not change the downward slope of cognitive performance. — This challenges prevention strategies that treat schooling as a shield against dementia, nudging health policy toward interventions that alter decline (e.g., hypertension control, exercise) rather than relying on educational attainment.