{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kim YK"],"funding":["Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development","NICHD NIH HHS","NIA NIH HHS","National Institute on Aging"],"pagination":["425-435"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8963164"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["62(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Despite emerging literature linking Internet usage and cognitive functioning in later life, research seldom takes changes in older adults' Internet use into account. How changes in Internet use influence older adults' cognitive decline over time, particularly in the context of sociodemographic factors that shape Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use, remains an open question.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Using 9 waves of panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (2002-2018), we examined within-person asymmetric effects of transitioning into and out of Internet use on cognitive functioning, and whether the associations vary across birth cohorts and by living arrangement.<h4>Results</h4>Transitioning into Internet use (i.e., Internet"],"journal":["The Gerontologist"],"pubmed_title":["Internet Use and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: Focus on Asymmetric Effects and Contextual Factors."],"pmcid":["PMC8963164"],"funding_grant_id":["P30AG066614","P2C HD042849","P2CHD042849"],"pubmed_authors":["Kim YK","Han SH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Internet Use and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: Focus on Asymmetric Effects and Contextual Factors.","description":"<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Despite emerging literature linking Internet usage and cognitive functioning in later life, research seldom takes changes in older adults' Internet use into account. How changes in Internet use influence older adults' cognitive decline over time, particularly in the context of sociodemographic factors that shape Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use, remains an open question.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Using 9 waves of panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (2002-2018), we examined within-person asymmetric effects of transitioning into and out of Internet use on cognitive functioning, and whether the associations vary across birth cohorts and by living arrangement.<h4>Results</h4>Transitioning into Internet use (i.e., Internet","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-05T11:27:24.311Z","creation":"2025-04-05T11:27:24.311Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8963164","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34614179"],"doi":["10.1093/geront/gnab149"]}}