NIH VideoCast - Deconstructing lifecourse mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease disparities

Skip Navigation

Deconstructing lifecourse mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease disparities

Loading... Loading video...

266 Views

Air date:	Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 266 (69 Live, 197 On-demand)
Category:	WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures
Runtime:	01:11:02
Closed captioning:	Check box to display CC outside of the video Note: You can drag the captioning window around and resize it
Description:	NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Dr. Manly aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests when used to detect cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic elders. This work clarifies the independent influences of language, acculturation, educational experiences, racial socialization, and socioeconomic status on cognitive test performance, with the ultimate goal of understanding more about the relationship between culture and cognition. Recent work focuses on the specificity of cognitive tasks in detecting subtle cognitive decline among illiterate and low-literacy elders. This work has important implications for determining the complex influence of reading and writing skills on brain function. For more information go to https://oir.nih.gov/wals/2017-2018/deconstructing-lifecourse-mechanisms-alzheimers-disease-disparities

NLM Title:	Deconstructing lifecourse mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease disparities / Jennifer J. Manly.
Author:	Manly, Jennifer J. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
Publisher:
Abstract:	(CIT): NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Dr. Manly aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests when used to detect cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic elders. This work clarifies the independent influences of language, acculturation, educational experiences, racial socialization, and socioeconomic status on cognitive test performance, with the ultimate goal of understanding more about the relationship between culture and cognition. Recent work focuses on the specificity of cognitive tasks in detecting subtle cognitive decline among illiterate and low-literacy elders. This work has important implications for determining the complex influence of reading and writing skills on brain function.
Subjects:	African Americans Alzheimer Disease--ethnology Health Status Disparities Hispanic Americans United States--epidemiology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WT 155
NLM ID:	101716401
CIT Live ID:	26519
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=26519

Related Videos...