OBJECTIVES: Among the key targets of inquiry in cognitive aging are (1) the description of cognitive changes with advancing age and (2) the association of such cognitive changes with modulating factors in the changing epidemiological context. METHODS: In the current study, we assemble multi-occasion (up to 12 years) cognitive (speed, episodic memory, and semantic memory) and self-reported health data from the Victoria Longitudinal Study (n = 988; ages 55-95 years). RESULTS: The results from piecewise random effects models using age as a basis indicated that only selected measures of episodic memory and semantic memory showed evidence of significant declines prior to age 75. After age 75, all cognitive abilities showed evidence for statistically significant declines, although the magnitude of these changes varied considerably. Performance at age 75 was correlated with self-reported health for measures of processing speed and episodic memory. Changes in health status were related to changes in some aspects of processing speed. DISCUSSIONS: The results indicated that (1) for many cognitive abilities declines in performance did not manifest until after age 75 and (2) self-reported health was related to level of performance more than changes over age.
OBJECTIVES: Among the key targets of inquiry in cognitive aging are (1) the description of cognitive changes with advancing age and (2) the association of such cognitive changes with modulating factors in the changing epidemiological context. METHODS: In the current study, we assemble multi-occasion (up to 12 years) cognitive (speed, episodic memory, and semantic memory) and self-reported health data from the Victoria Longitudinal Study (n = 988; ages 55-95 years). RESULTS: The results from piecewise random effects models using age as a basis indicated that only selected measures of episodic memory and semantic memory showed evidence of significant declines prior to age 75. After age 75, all cognitive abilities showed evidence for statistically significant declines, although the magnitude of these changes varied considerably. Performance at age 75 was correlated with self-reported health for measures of processing speed and episodic memory. Changes in health status were related to changes in some aspects of processing speed. DISCUSSIONS: The results indicated that (1) for many cognitive abilities declines in performance did not manifest until after age 75 and (2) self-reported health was related to level of performance more than changes over age.
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