Lifestyle activities and memory: Variety may be the spice of life. the women's health and aging study II

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Carlson, Michelle C ^a   Parisi, Jeanine M ^a   Xia, Jin ^b,c   Xue, Qian Li ^b,c   Rebok, George W ^a,b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a,b   Fried, Linda P ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Dementia; Epidemiology; Intensity; Longitudinal; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857756773     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771100169X     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Aartsen, M.J., Smits, C.H., van Tilberg, T., Knipscheer, K.C., & Deeg, D.J. (2002). Activity in older adults: Cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study of everyday activities and cognitive performance in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57, P153-P162. (Pubitemid 34203269)
2. Arbuckle, T.Y., Maag, U., Pushkar, D., & Chaikelson, J. (1998). Individual differences in trajectory of intellectual development over 45 years of adulthood. Psychology & Aging, 13, 663-675. (Pubitemid 29029362)
3. Arbuckle, T.Y., Pushkar Gold, D., Chaikelson, J.S., & Lapidus, S. (1994). Measurement of activity in the elderly: The activities checklist. Canadian Journal on Aging, 13, 550-565.
4. Baltes, P.B., Lindenberger, U., & Staudinger, U.M. (1997). Lifespan theory in developmental psychology. In R.M. Lerner (Ed.), Theoretical models of human development. Handbook of child psychology (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.
5. Baltes, P.B., & Willis, S.L. (1982). Plasticity and enhancement of intellectual functioning in old age: Penn State's Adult Development and Enrichment Project (ADEPT). In F.I.M. Craik, & S. Trehub (Eds.), Aging and cognitive processes. New York: Plenum Press.
6. Benedict, R.H.B., Schretlen, D., Groninger, L., & Brandt, J. (1998). Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised: Normative data and analysis of inter-form and test-retest reliability. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 12, 43-55. (Pubitemid 28168220)
7. Brandt, J. (1991). The Hopkins Verbal Learning Test: Development of a new memory test with six equivalent forms. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 5, 125-142.
8. Carlson, M.C., Erickson, K.I., Kramer, A.F., Voss, M.W., Bolea, N., Mielke, M., y Fried, L.P. (2009). Evidence for neurocognitive plasticity in at-risk older adults: The Experience Corps program. The Journals of Gerontology: Biological and Medical Sciences, 64, 1275-1282.
9. Carlson, M.C., Fried, L.P., Xue, Q.-L., Zeger, S., & Brandt, J. (1999). Association between executive attention and physical functional performance in community-dwelling older women. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences, 54, 262-270.
10. Carlson, M.C., Saczynski, J.S., Rebok, G.W., Seeman, T., Glass, T.A., McGill, S., y Fried, L.P. (2008). Exploring the effects of an "everyday" activity program on executive function and memory in older adults: Experience Corps. The Gerontologist, 48, 793-801.
11. Colcombe, S.J., Kramer, A.F., Erickson, K.I., Scalf, P., McAuley, E., Cohen, N.J., y Elavsky, S. (2004). Cardiovascular fitness, cortical plasticity, and aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101, 3316-3321. (Pubitemid 38327778)
12. Crowe, M., Andel, R., Pedersen, N.L., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (2003). Does participation in leisure activities lead to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease? A prospective study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Review, 58, 249-255.
13. Folstein, M.F., Folstein, S.E., & McHugh, P.R. (1975). Mini-Mental State: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12, 189-198.
14. Fried, L.P., Bandeen-Roche, K., Chaves, P.H., & Johnson, B.A. (2000). Preclinical mobility disability predicts incident mobility disability in older women. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 55, 43-52.
15. Fried, L.P., Kasper, J.D., Guralnik, J.M., &Simonsick, E.M. (1995). The Women's Health and Aging Study: An introduction. In J.M. Guralnik, L.P. Fried, E.M. Simonsick, J.D. Kasper, & M.E. Lafferty (Eds.), The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and social characteristics of older women with disability. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Aging, NIH Pub. No. 95-4009.
16. Friedland, R.P., Fritsch, T., Smyth, K.A., Koss, E., Lerner, A.J., Hsiun, C.,yDebannes, S.M. (2001). Patients with Alzheimer's disease have reduced activities in midlife compared with healthy control-group members. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98, 3440-3445. (Pubitemid 32220864)
17. Gould, E., Beylin, A., Tanapat, P., Reeves, A., & Shors, T.J. (1999). Learning enhances adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal formation. Nature Neuroscience, 2, 260-265. (Pubitemid 30491297)
18. Greenough, W.T., Cohen, N.J., & Juraska, J.M. (1999). New neurons in old brains: Learning to survive? Nature Neuroscience, 2, 203-205. (Pubitemid 30491287)
19. Gribbin, K., Schaie, K.W., & Parham, I.A. (1980). Complexity of life style and maintenance of intellectual abilities. Journal of Social Issues, 36, 47-61.
20. Hambrick, D.Z., Salthouse, T.A., & Meinz, E.J. (1999). Predictors of crossword puzzle proficiency and moderators of age-cognition relations. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 128, 131-164.
21. Herzog, A.R., Franks, M.M., Markus, H.R., & Holmberg, D. (1998). Activities and well-being in old age: Effects of selfconcept and educational attainment. Psychology and Aging, 13, 179-185. (Pubitemid 28312312)
22. Herzog, A.R., House, J.S., & Morgan, J.N. (1991). Relation of work and retirement to health and well-being in older age. Psychology and Aging, 6, 202-211.
23. Hultsch, D.F., Hammer, M., & Small, B.J. (1993). Age differences in cognitive performance in later life: Relationships to self-reported health and activity life style. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 48, 1-11.
24. Hultsch, D.F., Hertzog, C., Small, B.J.,&Dixon, R.A. (1999). Use it or lose it: Engaged lifestyle as a buffer of cognitive decline in aging? Psychology and Aging, 14, 245-263. (Pubitemid 29291561)
25. Ivnik, R.J.,Malec, J.F., Smith, G.E., Tangalos, E.G.,& Petersen, R.C. (1996). Neuropsychological tests' norms above age 55: COWAT, BNT, MAE Token, WRAT-R Reading, AMNART, Stroop, TMT, and JLO. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10, 262-278.
26. Jobe, J.B., Smith, D.M., Ball, K., Tennstedt, S.L., Marsiske, M., Willis, S.L., y Kleinman, K. (2001). ACTIVE: A cognitive intervention trial to promote independence in older adults. Controlled Clinical Trials, 22, 453-479. (Pubitemid 32763110)
27. Karp,A., Paillard-Borg, S.,Wang, H.X., Silverstein,M., Winblad, B., & Fratiglioni, L. (2006). Mental, physical, and social components in leisure activities equally contribute to decrease dementia risk. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21, 65-73. (Pubitemid 43107131)
28. Lennartsson, C., & Silverstein, J. (2001). Does engagement with life enhance survival of elderly people in Sweden? The role of social and leisure activities. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B, 335-342.
29. Mackinnon, A., Christensen, H., Hofer, S.M., Korten, A.E., & Jorm, A.F. (2003). Use it and still lose it? The association between activity and cognitive performance established using latent growth techniques in a community sample. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 10, 215-229. (Pubitemid 37311136)
30. Mobily, K.E., Lemke, J.H., & Gisin, G.J. (1991). The idea of leisure repertoire. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 10, 208-223.
31. Newson, R.S., & Kemps, E.B. (2006). The influence of physical and cognitive activities on simple and complex cognitive tasks in older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 32, 341-362.
32. Parisi, J.M. (2007). Determinants and effects of engagement in adulthood. Dissertations Abstracts International, 69B, 155 (Publication No. AAT 3301209).
33. Pillai, J.A., Hall, C.B., Dickson, D.W., Buschke, H., Lipton, R.B., & Verghese, J. (2011). Association of crossword puzzle participation with memory decline in persons who develop dementia. Journal of the International Psychological Society, 17(6), 1006-1013.
34. Podewils, L.J., Guallar, E., Kuller, L.H., Fried, L.P., Lopez, O.L., Carlson, M.C., & Lyketsos, C.C. (2005). Physical activity, APOE genotype, and dementia risk: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161, 639-651. (Pubitemid 40411092)
35. Pushkar, D., Etezadi, J., Andres, D., Arbuckle, T., Schwartzman, A.E., & Chaikelson, J. (1999). Models of intelligence in late life: Comment on Hultsch et al. Psychology and Aging, 14, 528-534.
36. Pushkar-Gold, D., Arbuckle, T., Conway, M., Chaikelson, J., & Maag, U. (1997). Everyday activity parameters and competence in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 12, 600-609. (Pubitemid 28010833)
37. Reitan, R.M. (1958). The validity of the Trail Making Test as an indicator of organic brain damage. Perception and Motor Skills, 8, 271-276.
38. Salthouse, T.A., Berish, D.E., & Miles, J.D. (2002). The role of cognitive stimulation on the relations between age and cognitive functioning. Psychology and Aging, 17, 548-557. (Pubitemid 35462804)
39. Scarmeas, N., Levy, G., Tang, M.-X., Manly, J., & Stern, Y. (2001). Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 57, 2236-2242. (Pubitemid 34016457)
40. Schinka, J.A., McBride, A., Vanderploeg, R.D., Tennyson, K., Borenstein, A.R., & Mortimer, J.A. (2005). Florida Cognitive Activities Scale: Initial development and validation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 108-116. (Pubitemid 40394286)
41. Schooler, C., & Mulatu, M. (2001). The reciprocal effects of leisure time activities and intellectual functioning in older people: A longitudinal analysis. Psychology and Aging, 16, 466-482. (Pubitemid 32816475)
42. Schooler, C., Mulatu, M.S., & Oates, G. (1999). The continuing effects of substantively complex work on the intellectual functioning of older workers. Psychology and Aging, 14, 483-506. (Pubitemid 29455696)
43. Smyke, P. (1991). Women and health. London: Zed Books.
44. Spreen, O.,& Strauss, E. (1998). A compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary. NY: Oxford.
45. Staudinger, U.M., Marsiske, M., & Baltes, P.B. (1995). Resilience and reserve capacity in later adulthood: Perspectives from lifespan theory. Development and Psychopathology, 5, 541-566.
46. Stern, Y., Albert, S., Tang, M.-X., & Tsai, W.-Y. (1999). Rate of memory decline in Alzheimer's disease is related to education and occupation: Cognitive reserve?. Neurology, 53, 1942-1947.
47. US Department of Health and Human Services. (2008). Report of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. Washington DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
48. van Praag, H., Kempermann, G., & Gage, F.H. (1999). Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus. Nature Neuroscience, 2, 266-270. (Pubitemid 30491298)
49. Verhaeghen, P., Marcoen, A., & Goossens, L. (1992). Improving memory performance in the aged through mnemonic training: A meta-analytic study. Psychology and Aging, 7, 242-251.
50. Wang, H.-X., Karp, A., Winblad, B., & Fratiglioni, L. (2002). Late-life engagement in social and leisure activities is associated with a decreased risk of dementia: A longitudinal study from the Kungsholmen Project. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155, 1081-1087. (Pubitemid 34625496)
51. Wilson, R.S., & Bennett, D.A. (2003). Cognitive activity and risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 87-91. (Pubitemid 36837185)
52. Wilson, R.S., Bennett, D.A., Beckett, L.A., Morris, M.C., Gilley, D.W., Bienias, J.L., y Evans, D. (1999). Cognitive activity in older persons from a geographically defined population. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 54, 155-160.
53. Wilson, R.S., Mendes de Leon, C.F., Barnes, L.L., Schreider, J.A., Bienias, J.L., Evans, D.A., & Bennett, D.A. (2002). Participation in cognitively stimulating activities and risk of incident Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, 287, 742-748. (Pubitemid 34250460)