000285260 001__ 285260 000285260 005__ 20260218103148.0 000285260 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1371/journal.pone.0342458 000285260 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:41701725 000285260 037__ $$aDZNE-2026-00202 000285260 041__ $$aEnglish 000285260 082__ $$a610 000285260 1001_ $$aMcMaster, Jessica M V$$b0 000285260 245__ $$aThe impact of lifestyle restrictions on memory in older adults. 000285260 260__ $$aSan Francisco, California, US$$bPLOS$$c2026 000285260 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000285260 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000285260 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1771407042_14336 000285260 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000285260 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000285260 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000285260 520__ $$aEngagement in a variety of lifestyle activities, such as intellectual stimulation, social interaction, and physical exercise, is thought to be a key contributor to cognitive reserve, helping the brain compensate for age-related or pathological changes. An open question is whether restrictions on lifestyle activities, even if relatively brief, might have detrimental effects on cognition. The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented restrictions on the kinds of lifestyle activities that have been shown to be protective against age-related cognitive decline. In the present study, we captured changes in lifestyle and memory of older adults across the pandemic. Long-term memory was assessed using a task which allows for the estimation of both retrieval success and memory precision, the latter being particularly sensitive to age-related changes. Memory was assessed before the pandemic in person, and during the pandemic using an online version of the task. Experiment 1 first verified that younger adults' performance did not significantly differ between testing environments, validating pre- and post-pandemic comparison in older adults. Experiment 2 then demonstrated that while substantial declines in lifestyle engagement were observed during the pandemic in older adults, there was no significant correlation between these lifestyle changes and memory performance overall. However, when modelling retrieval success, lifestyle effects varied with dementia risk, consistent with cognitive reserve theory, as well as varying with depression. 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