Dynamic Associations of Change in Physical Activity and Change in Cognitive Function: Coordinated Analyses of Four Longitudinal Studies

Authors

Magnus Lindwall, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Cynthia R. Cimino, University of South FloridaFollow
Laura Gibbons, University of Washington
Meghan Mitchell, Harvard Medical School
Andreana Benitez, Medical University of South Carolina
Cassandra L. Brown, University of Victoria, Canada
Robert F. Kennison, California State University
Steven D. Shirk, Harvard Medical School
Alireza Atri, Harvard Medical School
Annie Robitaille, University of Victoria, Canada
Stuart W. MacDonald, University of Victoria, Canada
Elizabeth M. Zelinski, University of Southern California
Sherry L. Willis, University of Washington
K. Warner Schaie, University of Washington
Boo Johannson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Marcus Praetorius, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Roger A. Dixon, University of Alberta, Canada
Dan M. Mungas, University of California
Scott M. Hofer, University of Victoria, Canada
Andrea M. Piccinin, University of Victoria, Canada

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Keywords

Physical activity, Cognitive change

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/493598

Abstract

The present study used a coordinated analyses approach to examine the association of physical activity and cognitive change in four longitudinal studies. A series of multilevel growth models with physical activity included both as a fixed (between-person) and time-varying (within-person) predictor of four domains of cognitive function (reasoning, memory, fluency, and semantic knowledge) was used. Baseline physical activity predicted fluency, reasoning and memory in two studies. However, there was a consistent pattern of positive relationships between time-specific changes in physical activity and time-specific changes in cognition, controlling for expected linear trajectories over time, across all four studies. This pattern was most evident for the domains of reasoning and fluency.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Journal of Aging Research, v. 2012, art. 493598

Scholar Commons Citation

Lindwall, Magnus; Cimino, Cynthia R.; Gibbons, Laura; Mitchell, Meghan; Benitez, Andreana; Brown, Cassandra L.; Kennison, Robert F.; Shirk, Steven D.; Atri, Alireza; Robitaille, Annie; MacDonald, Stuart W.; Zelinski, Elizabeth M.; Willis, Sherry L.; Schaie, K. Warner; Johannson, Boo; Praetorius, Marcus; Dixon, Roger A.; Mungas, Dan M.; Hofer, Scott M.; and Piccinin, Andrea M., "Dynamic Associations of Change in Physical Activity and Change in Cognitive Function: Coordinated Analyses of Four Longitudinal Studies" (2012). Psychology Faculty Publications. 82.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/82