Late-life engagement in social and leisure activities is associated with a decreased risk of dementia: a longitudinal study from the Kungsholmen project.

By Hui-Xin Wang, A. Karp, Bengt Winblad, Laura Fratiglioni. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002

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Cognitive Reserve and Alzheimer Disease (2006, background): “The same group later reported that engagement in mental, social, and productive activities was associated with decreased risk for incident dementia.(50) Participation in a variety of leisure activities characterized as intellectual (eg, reading, playing games, going to classes) or social (eg, visiti”
Granny and the robots: ethical issues in robot care for the elderly (2012, background): “Wang et al. (2002) similarly found evidence that a rich social network may decrease the risk of developing dementia, and concluded that both social”
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISABILITY IN A COMMUNITY POPULATION OF OLDER ADULTS (2003, background): “Increasing evidence suggests that the degree to which older people are engaged in their social environment is associated with a clear survival benefit, whether this engagement is defined by specific social or productive activities (13, 14, 19) or by the nature and quality of their social relationshi”
Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development (2008, background): “Another study found an association between social engagement and dementia incidence during a 6-year period after excluding those who developed dementia during the first 3 years of observation (Wang et al., 2002).”