There is a growing literature demonstrating a link between lower socioeconomic status
(SES) and poorer neuroanatomical health, such as smaller total and regional gray and white …

Cognitive abilities can predict important life outcomes such as people's well-being, health,
and functional autonomy throughout the life span into old age (Batty, Deary, & Gottfredson …

Forty non-demented older adults who were divided into two groups on the basis of their
cognitive status (MCI: n= 20; normal control: n= 20) underwent diffusion tensor imaging, and …

Background White matter integrity (WMI) may contribute to brain and cognitive reserve in the
face of cerebrovascular disease. We investigated WMI in the genu of the corpus callosum …

Loss of brain tissues and cognitive abilities are natural processes of aging, and they are
related to each other. These changes in cognition and brain structure are different among …

Although age-related differences in white matter have been well documented, the degree to
which regional, tract-specific effects can be distinguished from global, brain-general effects …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that white matter integrity, as measured by diffusion tensor
and magnetization transfer MRI is significantly associated with cognitive ability measured in …

Objective Brain tissue integrity is highly heritable, and its decline is a common phenomenon
of ageing. This study aimed to determine whether the phenotype of familial longevity is …

The objective of this thesis was to examine the role of lifestyle factors in relation to cognitive
ageing, with particular emphasis on the influence of lifetime 'trait'cognitive ability, in …

Objectives: A key question in gerontological research concerns whether good functioning
can be maintained in some cognitive abilities in old age, even if deficits occur in other …