Genetic variation, brain, and intelligence differences

IJ Deary, SR Cox, WD Hill - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Individual differences in human intelligence, as assessed using cognitive test scores, have a
well-replicated, hierarchical phenotypic covariance structure. They are substantially stable …

The stability of cognitive abilities: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.

M Breit, V Scherrer, EM Tucker-Drob… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive abilities, including general intelligence and domain-specific abilities such as fluid
reasoning, comprehension knowledge, working memory capacity, and processing speed …

Disparities in the pace of biological aging among midlife adults of the same chronological age have implications for future frailty risk and policy

ML Elliott, A Caspi, RM Houts, A Ambler, JM Broadbent… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Some humans age faster than others. Variation in biological aging can be measured in
midlife, but the implications of this variation are poorly understood. We tested associations …

Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease

JM Roe, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with progressive brain disorganization.
Although structural asymmetry is an organizing feature of the cerebral cortex it is unknown …

A strong dependency between changes in fluid and crystallized abilities in human cognitive aging

EM Tucker-Drob, J De la Fuente, Y Köhncke… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Theories of adult cognitive development classically distinguish between fluid abilities, which
require effortful processing at the time of assessment, and crystallized abilities, which …

DNA methylation and protein markers of chronic inflammation and their associations with brain and cognitive aging

ELS Conole, AJ Stevenson, S Muñoz Maniega… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives To investigate chronic inflammation in relation to cognitive
aging by comparison of an epigenetic and serum biomarker of C-reactive protein and their …

Beyond “use it or lose it”: The impact of engagement on cognitive aging

EAL Stine-Morrow, IE Manavbasi - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Biologically based senescence processes and cumulative opportunities for experience
collectively give rise to profound changes in cognition in later adulthood, the trajectories of …

The Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis 2.0 for Alzheimer's disease and aging-associated cognitive decline: From molecular basis to effective therapy

V Volloch, S Rits-Volloch - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the long-standing amyloid cascade hypothesis (ACH) largely discredited, there is an
acute need for a new all-encompassing interpretation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Whereas …

Noradrenaline in the aging brain: promoting cognitive reserve or accelerating Alzheimer's disease?

M Mather - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Many believe that engaging in novel and mentally challenging activities promotes brain
health and prevents Alzheimer's disease in later life. However, mental stimulation may also …

Effects of brain maintenance and cognitive reserve on age-related decline in three cognitive abilities

Y Gazes, S Lee, Z Fang, A Mensing… - The Journals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Age-related cognitive changes can be influenced by both brain maintenance
(BM), which refers to the relative absence over time of changes in neural resources or …