Laboratory

Population Health

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Cognitive Functioning in Middle- and High-Income Countries

Mikko Myrskylä, Jo Mhairi Hale (MPIDR / University of St Andrews, United Kingdom), Shubhankar Sharma, Daniel Schneider, Jutta Gampe; in Collaboration with Neil Kishor Mehta (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)

Cognitive function is among the key health dimensions of aging because it affects the quality of life of older adults. The project investigates the influence of socioeconomic and demographic differences on cognition in middle- and high-income countries.  Detailed Description

Publications

Gerstorf, D.; Ram, N.; Drewelies, J.; Düzel, S.; Eibich, P.; Steinhagen-Thiessen, E.; Liebig, S.; Goebel, J.; Demuth, I.; Villringer, A.; Wagner , G. G.; Lindenberger, U.; Ghisletta, P.:
Psychological Science 34:1, 22–34. (2023)
Sharma, S.; Hale, J. M.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:
Population Studies, 1–11. (2023)    
Sharma, S.; Hale, J. M.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:
Demography 60:5, 1441–1468. (2023)    
Hale, J. M.; Schneider, D. C.; Mehta, N. K.; Myrskylä, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-029. (2022)    
Sharma, S.; Hale, J. M.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-001. (2022)    
Wahl, H.-W.; Drewelies, J.; Düzel, S.; Lachman, M. E.; Smith, J.; Eibich, P.; Steinhagen-Thiessen, E.; Demuth, I.; Lindenberger, U.; Wagner , G. G.; Ram, N.; Gerstorf, D.:
Psychology and Aging 37:3, 413–429. (2022)
Hale, J. M.; Schneider, D. C.; Gampe, J.; Mehta, N. K.; Myrskylä, M.:
Epidemiology 32:5, 717–720. (2021)
Sáenz, J. L.; Díaz-Venegas, C.; Crimmins, E. M.:
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 76:4, e140–e152. (2021)
Hale, J. M.; Schneider, D. C.; Gampe, J.; Mehta, N. K.; Myrskylä, M.:
Epidemiology 31:5, 745–754. (2020)    
Hale, J. M.; Schneider, D. C.; Mehta, N. K.; Myrskylä, M.:
SSM-Population Health 11:100577, 1–9. (2020)    
Díaz-Venegas, C.; Downer, B.; Langa, K. M.; Wong, R.:
In: Contextualizing health and aging in the Americas: effects of space, time and place, 85–107. Cham: Springer. (2019)    
Díaz-Venegas, C.; Semper-Ternent, R.; Michaels-Obregón, A.; Wong, R.:
Aging and Mental Health 23:11, 1586–1594. (2019)    
Gerstorf, D.; Drewelies, J.; Düzel, S.; Smith, J.; Wahl, H.-W.; Schilling, O. K.; Kunzmann, U.; Siebert, J. S.; Katzorreck, M.; Eibich, P.; Demuth, I.; Steinhagen-Thiessen, E.; Wagner , G. G.; Lindenberger, U.; Heckhausen, J.; Ram, N.:
Psychology and Aging 34:8, 1090–1108. (2019)
Díaz-Venegas, C.; Schneider, D. C.; Myrskylä, M.; Mehta, N. K.:
PLOS One 12:12, e0190488–e0190488. (2017)    
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