Mental Exercise for Daily Living with Independence - North Carolina

The purpose of the MEDLI-NC study is to determine whether repeated practice on measures assessing memory and everyday cognition produce improvements in those cognitive domains. In addition, we are interested in determining the extent to which everyday cognitive functioning is characterized by day-to-day variability, and whether such fluctuations are related to other cognitive abilities, stress, affect, and everyday functioning. The MEDLI-NC study is currently collecting data in and around the Raleigh metropolitan area. This study is generously supported by the National Institute on Aging by a research grant awarded to Jason Allaire (R21 AG27223-01A2).

The Baltimore Study of Black Aging: Patterns of Cognitive Aging

The second federally funded study (NIA: RO1 AG024108-0) is a longitudinal examination of African American cognitive aging. This study is a collaboration with Dr. Keith Whitfield of Duke University who serves as the study PI. The goal of this investigation is to examine correlates and predicitors of change in cognitive functioning with an eye to health associated factors.

Improving Older Adult Cognition: The Unexamined Role of Games and Social Computing Environment

Information about this grant and other video game research can be found at www.gainsthroughgaming.org