Journal Articles & Studies
AARP. Findings from AARP’s 2012 Member Opinion Survey (MOS). https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/surveys_statistics/general/2013/Findings-from-AARP-2012-Member-Opinion-Survey-AARP.pdf. Accessed March 26, 2020.
Alzheimer’s Association (2019). Public Health Curriculum on Alzheimer’s. Module 2: Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias — The Basics. https://www.alz.org/professionals/public-health/core-areas/educate-trainprofessionals/public-health-curriculum-on-alzheimer. Accessed March 9, 2020.
Blondell, S.J., Hammersley-Mather, R., & Veerman, J.L. (2014). Does physical activity prevent cognitive decline and dementia?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 510.
Byers, A. L., & Yaffe, K. (2011). Depression and risk of developing dementia. Nature Reviews Neurology, 7(6), 323-331.
Carlson, M. C., Erickson, K. I., Kramer, A. F., Voss, M. W., Bolea, N., Mielke, M., & Fried, L. P. (2009).
Evidence for neurocognitive plasticity in at-risk older adults: the experience corps program. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences, 64(12), 1275-1282.
Crooks, V. C., Lubben, J., Petitti, D. B., Little, D., & Chiu, V. (2008). Social network, cognitive function, and dementia incidence among elderly women. American journal of public health, 98(7), 1221-1227.
Daviglus, M.L., Bell, C.C., Berrettini, W., Bowen, P.E., Connolly, J.E., Cox, N.J., … & Patel, D. (2010). NIH State-of-the- Science Conference Statement: Preventing Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline. NIH Consensus and State-of-the-Science Statements, 27(4), 1-30.
Gaugler, J., James, B., Johnson, T., Marin, A., & Weuve, J. (2019). Alzheimer’s Association Report: 2019 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimers & Dementia, 15(3), 321-387.
Fratiglioni, L., & Wang, H.X. (2007). Brain reserve hypothesis in dementia. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 12(1), 11- 22.
Hebert, L. E., Scherr, P. A., Bienias, J. L., Bennett, D. A., & Evans, D. A. (2003). Alzheimer disease in the US population: prevalence estimates using the 2000 census. Archives of neurology, 60(8), 1119-1122.
Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS med, 7(7), e1000316.
Lauenroth, A., Ioannidis, A.E., & Teichmann, B. (2016). Influence of combined physical and cognitive training on cognition: a systematic review. BMC Geriatrics, 16(1), 141.
Leland, A., Tavakol, K., Scholten, J., Mathis, D., Maron, D., & Bakhshi, S. (2017). The role of dual tasking in the assessment of gait, cognition and community reintegration of veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. Materia socio-medica, 29(4), 251.
Liu, P. Z., & Nusslock, R. (2018). Exercise-mediated neurogenesis in the hippocampus via BDNF. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12, 52.
Morley, J. E. (2017). Cognition and chronic disease. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 18(5), 369-371.
National Institute on Aging. January 14, 2021. Loneliness and Social Isolation – Tips for Staying Connected. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/loneliness-and-social-isolation-tips-staying-connected. Accessed November 6, 2021.
National Institute on Aging. October 1, 2020. Cognitive Health and Older Adults. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/cognitive-health-and-older-adults. Accessed December 5, 2021.
Offord, C. (2020). How Social Isolations Affects the Brain. https://www.the-scientist.com/features/how-social-isolation-affects-the-brain-67701. Accessed January 31, 2022.
Raichlen, D.A., & Alexander, G.E. (2017). Adaptive capacity: an evolutionary neuroscience model linking exercise, cognition, and brain health. Trends in Neurosciences, 40(7), 408-421.
Ratey, J. J. (2008). Spark: The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain. Little, Brown Spark.
Ruegsegger, G. N., & Booth, F. W. (2018). Health benefits of exercise. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 8(7), a029694.
Sipe, C. (2018). Boosting the brain health of older adults. IDEA Fitness Journal, 16(1), 16-19.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2011). Cognitive Impairment: A call for Action, Now!
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/cognitive_impairment/cogimp_poilicy_final.pdf. Accessed July 2, 2021.
Watson, S. (2013). Volunteering may be good for body and mind. Harvard Health Publishing. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/volunteering-may-be-good-for-body-and-mind-201306266428. Accessed June 12, 2021.
World Health Organization. (2021). Dementia, Key Facts. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia. Accessed November 2, 2021.