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Cognitive training correlates

Epidemiology & Population Health Dementia

Investigation of the correlates of brain training based on data from a National Health survey.

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The Life-Course Blood Pressure Cognition (LCBP-COG) study


DR G. PEGGY MCFALL, YING XU, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RUTH PETERS

The LCBP-COG study will provide us with a better understanding of the ways that high blood pressure can increase the risk of cognitive decline or dementia over the lifecourse.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research


DR NATASHA GINNIVAN, PROFESSOR KAARIN ANSTEY, YUCHEN XIE, JAMES LIAN, DR CRAIG SINCLAIR, DR LIDAN ZHENG, NICOLE EE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RUTH PETERS, DR BROOKE BRADY, DR SCHERAZAD KOOTAR, DR SOPHIE ANDREWS, DR KIM KIELY

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) is a unique collaboration bringing together academia, government and industry to address one of the major social challenges of the twenty first century. Based at the University of New South Wales with nodes at the Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney and The University of Western Australia, CEPAR is producing world-class research on population ageing. CEPAR includes cross-disciplinary experts drawn from actuarial science, demography, economics, epidemiology, psychology and sociology. The Centre’s diverse research program which will deliver comprehensive outcomes with the potential to secure Australia’s future as a well-informed nation with world-best policy and practice for an ageing demographic.

Professor Anstey and Professor Mike Keane lead the CEPAR research stream concerned with decision making, expectations and cognitive ageing.

This research stream aims to:

  • Develop a comprehensive model of ageing and decision making including identification of typologies of decision makers
  • Develop multidisciplinary paradigms and predictive models of decision making and ageing
  • Develop and evaluate interventions to increase positive expectations about ageing
  • Develop life-cycle models that incorporate investments in health and housing as well as cognitive limitations in ageing.

For more information on CEPAR visit the centre website.

CEPAR has been funded primarily by the Australian Research Council, with generous support from the collaborating universities and partner organisations.

The Dementia Risk Factors and Assessment (DemRisk) program


PROFESSOR KAARIN ANSTEY, MD HAMIDUL HUQUE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RUTH PETERS, DR LIDAN ZHENG, DR SCHERAZAD KOOTAR

The Dementia Risk Factors and Assessment (DemRisk) program involves over ten years of research performed by the Anstey group on the identification and assessment of risk factors for Dementia.

The DemRisk program includes:

  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of dementia risk and protective factors
  • Analysis of cohort studies to identify dementia risk and protective factors
  • Development of evidence-based interventions for dementia risk reduction
  • Development of innovative e-learning resources to support dementia risk reduction
  • Development of risk assessment tools validated for assessing individual exposure to risk factors known to be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia
  • Development of guidelines (e.g. physical activity guidelines) to reduce risk of cognitive decline and dementia in collaboration with other researchers and organisations including the World Health Organisation
  • Training of early career researchers with a focus on identifying and targeting dementia risk

Read Professor Kaarin Anstey and Dr Ruth Peters’ recent invited commentary on second-hand smoke as an under-recognised risk factor for cognitive decline here. You can also watch Professor Anstey’s NeuRAtalk on ageing well to reduce your risk of dementia here.