People with more years of education lose their memory faster than those with less education in the years prior to a diagnosis of dementia.
Research shows that people with more education have more rapid memory loss after diagnosis of dementia. It appears that with each additional year of formal education, the memory decline associated with dementia was delayed by approximately two and one half months. However, once that accelerated decline started, the people with more education saw their rate of cognitive decline accelerate 4% faster for each additional year of education.