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| Title |
Characterizing healthy samples for studies of human cognitive aging
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00023 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David S. Geldmacher, Bonnie E. Levin, Clinton B. Wright |
| Abstract |
Characterizing the cognitive declines associated with aging, and differentiating them from the effects of disease in older adults, are important goals for human neuroscience researchers. This is also an issue of public health urgency in countries with rapidly aging populations. Progress toward understanding cognitive aging is complicated by numerous factors. Researchers interested in cognitive changes in healthy older adults need to consider these complexities when they design and interpret studies. This paper addresses important factors in study design, patient demographics, co-morbid and incipient medical conditions, and assessment instruments that will allow researchers to optimize the characterization of healthy participants and produce meaningful and generalizable research outcomes from studies of cognitive aging. Application of knowledge from well-designed studies should be useful in clinical settings to facilitate the earliest possible recognition of disease and guide appropriate interventions to best meet the needs of the affected individual and public health priorities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 10 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 11 | 23% |
| Unspecified | 9 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
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#13
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