Olivia E. Atherton

@oliviaatherton.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at UC Riverside • Interested in personality development, self-regulation, life contexts, and health • https://srchlab.ucr.edu/

Our new study is published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia! We found that rural residence across the lifespan is associated with lower cognitive function, and childhood rurality is particularly associated with lower cognitive function. doi.org/10.1002/alz....

Lifespan exposures to rural–urban conditions and later‐life cognitive function

INTRODUCTION Limited research exists on life-course rural–urban residence and cognitive functions. METHODS This study examines associations between rural–urban residence during childhood, adulthoo...

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