(conscientiousness, neuroticism and extraversion) play in cognitive functioning later in life.
Personality Define your Cognition
“Personality traits reflect relatively enduring patterns of thinking and behaving, which may cumulatively affect engagement in healthy and unhealthy behaviors and thought patterns across the lifespan. The accumulation of lifelong experiences may then contribute to susceptibility of particular diseases or disorders, such as mild cognitive impairment, or contribute to individual differences in the ability to withstand age-related neurological changes,” says lead author Tomiko Yoneda, PhD, of the University of Victoria.
In addition, the study states that there was no association between any of the personality traits and total life expectancy.
However, the authors state that “future research is necessary on more diverse samples to provide a broader understanding of the impact of personality traits on cognitive processes and mortality later in life.”
Source: Medindia
