[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for reporting methodological challenges and evaluating potential bias in dementia research
Clinical and population research on dementia and related neurologic conditions, including
Alzheimer's disease, faces several unique methodological challenges. Progress to identify …
Alzheimer's disease, faces several unique methodological challenges. Progress to identify …
Life satisfaction shows terminal decline in old age: longitudinal evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP).
Longitudinal data spanning 22 years, obtained from deceased participants of the German
Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP; N= 1,637; 70-to 100-year-olds), were used to examine …
Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP; N= 1,637; 70-to 100-year-olds), were used to examine …
Predicting impending death: inconsistency in speed is a selective and early marker.
SWS MacDonald, DF Hultsch, RA Dixon - Psychology and aging, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Among older adults, deficits in both level and variability of speeded performance are linked
to neurological impairment. This study examined whether and when speed (rate), speed …
to neurological impairment. This study examined whether and when speed (rate), speed …
[HTML][HTML] I forgot when I lost my grip—strong associations between cognition and grip strength in level of performance and change across time in relation to impending …
MP Björk, B Johansson, LB Hassing - Neurobiology of aging, 2016 - Elsevier
An association between level of cognitive function and grip strength is well established,
whereas evidence for longitudinal associations of change in the 2 functions is still unclear …
whereas evidence for longitudinal associations of change in the 2 functions is still unclear …
Toward an integrative science of life-span development and aging
SM Hofer, AM Piccinin - Journals of Gerontology Series B …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The study of aging demands an integrative life-span developmental framework, involving
interdisciplinary collaborations and multiple methodological approaches for understanding …
interdisciplinary collaborations and multiple methodological approaches for understanding …
Death and cognition: Synthesis and outlook
L Bäckman, SWS MacDonald - European Psychologist, 2006 - econtent.hogrefe.com
A first point to be made is that the current collection of papers provides no evidence
whatsoever for the Riegel and Riegel (1972) hypothesis that terminal cognitive effects …
whatsoever for the Riegel and Riegel (1972) hypothesis that terminal cognitive effects …
Changes in depressive symptoms in the context of disablement processes: Role of demographic characteristics, cognitive function, health, and social support
Objectives. Gerontological research suggests that depressive symptoms show antecedent
and consequent relations with late-life disability. Less is known, however, about how …
and consequent relations with late-life disability. Less is known, however, about how …
Aging and the shape of cognitive change before death: terminal decline or terminal drop?
SWS MacDonald, DF Hultsch… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. Relative to typical age-related cognitive decrements, the terms “terminal decline”
and “terminal drop” refer to the phenomenon of increased cognitive decline in proximity to …
and “terminal drop” refer to the phenomenon of increased cognitive decline in proximity to …
Aging, disablement, and dying: Using time-as-process and time-as-resources metrics to chart late-life change
Time is a vehicle that can be used to represent aging-related processes and to index the
amount of aging-related resources or burdens individuals have accumulated. Using data on …
amount of aging-related resources or burdens individuals have accumulated. Using data on …
[HTML][HTML] Trajectories of functional health and its associations with information processing speed and subjective well-being: The role of age versus time to death.
M Wettstein, SM Spuling, A Cengia - Psychology and aging, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Functional health declines with advancing age, which is supposedly the consequence of
both normal,“primary aging” as well as of mortality-related,“tertiary aging” processes. To …
both normal,“primary aging” as well as of mortality-related,“tertiary aging” processes. To …