NIH R01 · 2024
Project Summary/Abstract The overarching aim of our current funding (NIH Grant # R01 AG063949-01) is to repurpose the Louisville Twin Study’s original goal of understanding the etiology of child cognitive development into a true lifespan developmental twin study of cognition, including delineation of the etiology of preclinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. In the current project period, the third independent aim encompasses modeling effects of cognitive development on cognitive functioning in midlife, adjusting for confounding genetic and environmental factors. Throughout the life of the Louisville Twin Study (LTS), however, recorded ability scores have been age…
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