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Kaarin Anstey
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Senior Principal Research ScientistKey Research Areas
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Kaarin Anstey is Scientia Professor of Psychology at UNSW, Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute and a conjoint senior principal research scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia. Anstey conducts research in the fields of dementia epidemiology, dementia risk reduction, and older driver safety. Anstey has led the development of dementia risk assessment tools such as the ANU-ADRI and the CogDrisk, and led several dementia risk reduction trials using digital health approaches including the current MRFF funded CogCoach-Health Trial. She also leads a program of app-based research on cognitive resilience and subjective cognitive decline.
Anstey chairs the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Neurological Burden of Disease Expert Advisory Group and the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention. Anstey is a member of the World Dementia Council and the 2025 WHO Guideline Development Group on Risk Reduction for Cognitive Decline and Dementia.
Publications
2025 Sep
Estimating and projecting the population living with dementia at the local area scale in Australia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-025-09389-8
2025, 25 Jul
Variation in real world dementia risk profiles in 6171 adults drawn from the Australian CogDrisk website according to demographic characteristics
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.24.25332109
2025, 01 Jul
Development of a midlife-specific CogDrisk algorithm (CogDrisk-ML) to enable validated implementation of dementia risk assessment from midlife to late life
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf201
2025 Jul
The Combination of Physical Activity and Cognitive Games is Associated With Better Cognitive Performance and Gray Matter Volume in Older Adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.70121
2025, 25 Jun
Development of a Web-Based Resource to Support Driving Safety in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study (Preprint)
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.79630
2025 May
Assessment of the application of technology acceptance measures to older drivers’ acceptance of advanced driver-assistance systems
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104474
2025 May
Rising rates of hospitalization for dementia in people with type 2 diabetes and the general population in Australia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877251329458
2025 May
Virtual reality obstacle avoidance training can be enhanced by physical feedback via perturbations: A proof-of-concept study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104442
2025, 10 Feb
Evaluation and Modification of the Multifactorial Model of Driving Safety Among Older Adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae113
2025, 22 Jan
Criterion validity of five open-source app-based cognitive and sensory tasks in an Australian adult life course sample aged 18 to 82: Labs without walls
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02583-1
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