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Tylor Ghaffari, Genna M. Mashinchi, Evan Jonson, Christa McDiffett, Timothy G. Trammel, Emma L.
Mendes, Erica Lopez, Michelle L. Velazquez, Gary A. Williams, Dawn L. Strongin, & Kelly A. Cotter
Healthy Aging Lab - California State University, Stanislaus
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WAIS-IV (Wechsler, 2008) cognitive assessment. vigorous physical activity may be protective against
• We hypothesized that more frequent participation
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in physical activity would be associated with higher
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