MIND not Mediterranean diet related to 12-year incidence of cognitive impairment in an Australian longitudinal cohort study

DE Hosking, R Eramudugolla, N Cherbuin… - Alzheimer's & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Associations between the Mediterranean-DASH diet Intervention for
Neurological Delay (MIND) diet and incidence of cognitive impairment have not been …

Enrichment effects on adult cognitive development: can the functional capacity of older adults be preserved and enhanced?

C Hertzog, AF Kramer, RS Wilson… - … science in the public …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
In this monograph, we ask whether various kinds of intellectual, physical, and social
activities produce cognitive enrichment effects—that is, whether they improve cognitive …

Association of sex differences in dementia risk factors with sex differences in memory decline in a population-based cohort spanning 20–76 years

KJ Anstey, R Peters, ME Mortby, KM Kiely… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Sex differences in late-life memory decline may be explained by sex differences in dementia
risk factors. Episodic memory and dementia risk factors were assessed in young, middle …

A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life

KB Adams, S Leibbrandt, H Moon - Ageing & Society, 2011 - cambridge.org
An engaged lifestyle is seen as an important component of successful ageing. Many older
adults with high participation in social and leisure activities report positive wellbeing, a fact …

Long-term antecedents and outcomes of perceived control.

FJ Infurna, D Gerstorf, N Ram, J Schupp… - Psychology and …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Perceived control plays an important role in shaping development throughout adulthood and
old age. Using data from the adult lifespan sample of the national German Socio-Economic …

How can we not 'lose it'if we still don't understand how to 'use it'? Unanswered questions about the influence of activity participation on cognitive performance in older …

AAM Bielak - Gerontology, 2010 - karger.com
The 'use it or lose it'hypothesis of cognitive aging predicts that engagement in intellectual,
social, and physical activities offers protective benefits from age-related cognitive decline …

Midlife activity predicts risk of dementia in older male twin pairs

MC Carlson, MJ Helms, DC Steffens, JR Burke… - Alzheimer's & …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This was a prospective study of dementia to elucidate mechanisms of
disease risk factors amenable to modification and specifically to determine whether midlife …

Level and change in perceived control predict 19-year mortality: Findings from the Americans' changing lives study.

FJ Infurna, N Ram, D Gerstorf - Developmental Psychology, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Perceived control plays an important role for health across adulthood and old age. However,
little is known about the factors that account for such associations and whether changes in …

Gender specific factors contributing to cognitive resilience in APOE ɛ4 positive older adults in a population-based sample

L Zheng, R Eramudugolla, N Cherbuin, SM Drouin… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Although APOE ɛ4 has been identified as the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
Disease, there are some APOE ɛ4 carriers who do not go on to develop Alzheimer's …

Changes in life satisfaction when losing one's spouse: Individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation and longevity in the German Socio-economic Panel …

FJ Infurna, M Wiest, D Gerstorf, N Ram, J Schupp… - Ageing & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Losing a spouse is among the most devastating events that may occur in people's lives. We
use longitudinal data from 1,224 participants in the German Socio-economic Panel Study …