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Association of lifelong exposure to cognitive reserve-enhancing factors with dementia risk: A community-based cohort study by Wang, Hui-Xin, MacDonald, Stuart W S, Dekhtyar, Serhiy, Fratiglioni, Laura

“…Variation in the clinical manifestation of dementia has been associated with differences in cognitive reserve, although less is known about the cumulative…”
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Moment-to-moment brain signal variability: A next frontier in human brain mapping? by GARRETT, Douglas D, SAMANEZ-LARKIN, Gregory R, MACDONALD, Stuart W. S, LINDENBERGER, Ulman, MCINTOSH, Anthony R, GRADY, Cheryl L

“…Neuroscientists have long observed that brain activity is naturally variable from moment-to-moment, but neuroimaging research has largely ignored the potential…”
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Whistleblowing in Medicine by Macdonald, Stuart

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Cyrus C. M. Mody, The Squares. US Physical and Engineering Scientists in the Long 1970s by Macdonald, Stuart

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Neural Underpinnings of Within-Person Variability in Cognitive Functioning by MacDonald, Stuart W. S, Li, Shu-Chen, Bäckman, Lars

“…Increased intraindividual variability (IIV), reflecting within-person fluctuations in behavioral performance, is commonly observed in aging as well as in…”
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Intra-individual variability in behavior: links to brain structure, neurotransmission and neuronal activity by MacDonald, Stuart W.S., Nyberg, Lars, Bäckman, Lars

“…Intra-individual variability reflects a transient, within-person change in behavioral performance. It is a common component of aging-related cognitive decline…”
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Structural variants exhibit widespread allelic heterogeneity and shape variation in complex traits by Chakraborty, Mahul, Emerson, J. J., Macdonald, Stuart J., Long, Anthony D.

“…It has been hypothesized that individually-rare hidden structural variants (SVs) could account for a significant fraction of variation in complex traits. Here…”
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Education does not slow cognitive decline with aging: 12-year evidence from the victoria longitudinal study by Zahodne, Laura B, Glymour, M Maria, Sparks, Catharine, Bontempo, Daniel, Dixon, Roger A, MacDonald, Stuart W S, Manly, Jennifer J

“…Although the relationship between education and cognitive status is well-known, evidence regarding whether education moderates the trajectory of cognitive…”
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Health Behavior Changes in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Implications for Cardiometabolic Risk by Ames, Megan E, Leadbeater, Bonnie J, MacDonald, Stuart W. S

“…Objective: Adolescence and young adulthood produce developmentally salient and contextual challenges for health behavior choices. The present study examines…”
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Longitudinal Changes in Response Time Mean and Inconsistency Exhibit Predictive Dissociations for Risk of Cognitive Impairment by MacDonald, Stuart W. S., Stawski, Robert S.

“…Objective: Although mean response time (RT) is a commonly used indicator of cognitive function, trial-to-trial variability (RT inconsistency [RTI]) represents…”
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Attention capacity and self-report of subjective cognitive decline: A P3 ERP study by Smart, Colette M., Segalowitz, Sidney J., Mulligan, Bryce P., MacDonald, Stuart W.S.

“…•A comparison between older adults with and without subjective cognitive decline (SCD).•No group differences were found on tests assessing cognitive functions,…”
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A reciprocal model of face recognition and autistic traits: evidence from an individual differences perspective by Halliday, Drew W R, MacDonald, Stuart W S, Scherf, K Suzanne, Sherf, Suzanne K, Tanaka, James W

“…Although not a core symptom of the disorder, individuals with autism often exhibit selective impairments in their face processing abilities. Importantly, the…”
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Properties and power of the Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource for the routine dissection of complex traits by King, Elizabeth G, Macdonald, Stuart J, Long, Anthony D

“…The Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource (DSPR) is a newly developed multifounder advanced intercross panel consisting of >1600 recombinant inbred lines…”
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Dopamine D1 receptors and age differences in brain activation during working memory by Bäckman, Lars, Karlsson, Sari, Fischer, Håkan, Karlsson, Per, Brehmer, Yvonne, Rieckmann, Anna, MacDonald, Stuart W.S, Farde, Lars, Nyberg, Lars

“…Abstract In an fMRI study, 20 younger and 20 healthy older adults were scanned while performing a spatial working-memory task under two levels of load. On a…”
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Daily Stress Processes as Contributors to and Targets for Promoting Cognitive Health in Later Life by Stawski, Robert S, Cerino, Eric S, Witzel, Dakota D, MacDonald, Stuart W S

“…The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that daily stress processes, including exposure and emotional reactivity to daily stressors, are associated…”
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Contrasting Olfaction, Vision, and Audition as Predictors of Cognitive Change and Impairment in Non-Demented Older Adults by MacDonald, Stuart W. S., Keller, Connor J. C., Brewster, Paul W. H., Dixon, Roger A.

“…Objective: This study examines the relative utility of a particular class of noninvasive functional biomarkers-sensory functions-for detecting those at risk of…”
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Genetic variation in chromatin state across multiple tissues in Drosophila melanogaster by Huynh, Khoi, Smith, Brittny R, Macdonald, Stuart J, Long, Anthony D

“…We use ATAC-seq to examine chromatin accessibility for four different tissues in Drosophila melanogaster: adult female brain, ovaries, and both wing and…”
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Visual Jihad: Constructing the "Good Muslim" in Online Jihadist Magazines by Macdonald, Stuart, Lorenzo-Dus, Nuria

“…Images are known to have important effects on human perception and persuasion. Jihadist groups are also known to make strategic use of emotive imagery and…”
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Extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor binding modulates intraindividual variability in episodic recognition and executive functioning by MacDonald, Stuart W.S., Cervenka, Simon, Farde, Lars, Nyberg, Lars, Bäckman, Lars

“…Intraindividual variability (IIV) reflects lawful but transient within-person changes in performance. Increased IIV in cognition shares systematic associations…”
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BioAge: Toward a multi-determined, mechanistic account of cognitive aging by DeCarlo, Correne A, Tuokko, Holly A, Williams, Dorothy, Dixon, Roger A, MacDonald, Stuart W.S

“…Highlights • A theoretical step forward in identifying early markers of cognitive decline. • Emphasizes multivariate models for predicting cognitive impairment…”
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