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Maintaining positive cognitive health Ian Deary
2. Healthy cognitive ageing Ian Deary 3. 0. Only in Scotland 4. Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 5. Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 6. 1. It doesnt all go when it goes 7. Salthouse (2004) Intelligence, 32, 541-561. Episodic memory 8. Salthouse (2004) Intelligence, 32, 541-561. Reasoning 9. Salthouse (2004) Intelligence, 32, 541-561. Perceptual speed 10. Salthouse (2004) Intelligence, 32, 541-561. Vocabulary 11. 2. We dont all follow the crowd 12. 3. Fate or providence (or chance)? 13. Good cognition in older age? 14. Good cognition in older age? Good cognition at age 11 15. Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, youve got to start young. Fred Astaire (1899-1987) 16. Good cognition in older age?What else? Good cognition at age 11 17. Genetics Caffeine Alcohol Other dietary intakes Body mass index Cholesterol Engagement Smoking Activity Physical fitness Occupation Sex Education Bilingualism 18. 4. Mens sana in corpore sano? 19. 4. Healthy mind in a healthy body? 20. You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body. Ask for a stout heart that has no fear of death Juvenal Satire X 21. Gow et al. (2012) Neurology, 79, 1802-1808. 22. 5. Panning for dust, not nuggets 23. Good cognition in older age?What else? Good cognition at age 11 Small effects of: gene(s), sex, education, smoking, fitness etc. Big effect 24. 6. Replication, replication, replication 25. 6. Replication, replication, replication 26. 6. Replication, replication, replication 27. 7. Look behind you 28. Good cognition in older age? Socio- intellectual activities 29. Good cognition in older age? Socio- intellectual activities Good cognition at age 11 30. Good cognition in older age? Something we think is good for you Good cognition at age 11 31. Caffeine Alcohol Other dietary intakes Body mass index Cholesterol Engagement Not smoking Physical activity Physical fitness Occupation Sex Education Bilingualism 32. Caffeine Alcohol Other dietary intakes Body mass index Cholesterol Engagement Not smoking Physical activity Physical fitness Occupation Sex Education Bilingualism 33. 8. The (Dis)connected mind? 34. 8. The (Dis)connected mind? 35. 8. The (Dis)connected mind? 36. 9. Cruising or racing? 37. 9. Cruising or racing? Knowledge Working out new stuff 38. 10. Theres more to life than thinking 39. I cannot preserve more than a few fragments of what I read, yet read I shall, persistently, rejoicingly Indeed, it no longer troubles me that I forget. I have the happiness of the passing moment, and what more can mortal ask? George Gissing The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft 40. Come to me a moment, stand, Ageing yet lovely still, At my side, R. S. Thomas, Birthday 41. Come to me a moment, stand, Ageing yet lovely still, At my side, let me tell you that, With the clouds massing for attack And the wind worrying the leaves From the branches and the blood seeping Thin and slow through the ventricles Of the heart, R. S. Thomas, Birthday 42. Come to me a moment, stand, Ageing yet lovely still, At my side, let me tell you that, With the clouds massing for attack And the wind worrying the leaves From the branches and the blood seeping Thin and slow through the ventricles Of the heart, I regret less, Looking back on the poem's Weakness, the failure of the mind To be clever than of the heart To deserve you as you showed how. R. S. Thomas, Birthday 43. Life Satisfaction in Lothian Birth Cohort 1921, age 90 Disagree Agree Strongly agree 44. It is anticipated that initial data collection and analysis will focus on participants who mostly will not have clinical symptoms 45. Healthy cognitive ageing [email protected] www.ccace.ed.ac.uk
