Social and cognitive control skills in long-life occupation activities modulate the brain reserve in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia

This study contributes to define the role of specific occupation profiles as proxy of cognitive reserve in bvFTD, providing the first evidence for social interaction and cognitive control skills in life-occupation activities as influencing factors of neural reserve against neurodegeneration in bvFTD. Jobs placing high demand on such abilities seem to act as protective factors in bvFTD.