Understanding the determinants of healthy mental ageing is a priority for society today,. So
far, we know that intelligence differences show high stability from childhood to old age, and …

Background Smoking, alcohol consumption, poor diet and low levels of physical activity
significantly contribute to the burden of illness in developed countries. Whilst the links …

Theories of adult cognitive development classically distinguish between fluid abilities, which
require effortful processing at the time of assessment, and crystallized abilities, which …

Background Living alone may be associated with greater risk for social isolation and
loneliness. Living alone, social isolation, loneliness, and limited engagement in social …

Arterial hypertension and stroke are strong independent risk factors for the development of
cognitive impairment and dementia. Persistently elevated blood pressure (BP) is known to …

Education in people's early lives are positively related to their cognitive function, but its
modulating effects on detailed cognition domains, its interaction with leisure activities and …

Objective: The clinical relationship between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and
cognitive function or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is not well-understood. The purpose of …

It is critical to discover why some people's cognitive abilities age better than others'. We
applied multivariate growth curve models to data from a narrow-age cohort measured on a …

As a foundation for studies of human cognitive aging, it is important to know the stability of
individual differences in cognitive ability across the life course. Few studies of cognitive …

Many longitudinal studies have found that older adults with depressive symptoms or
depression have increased risk of cognitive impairment. We investigated the relationships …