Schumacher Alvelo, Vera
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Do professors better maintain cognitive functioning in older age?
2019-03-05, Aschwanden, Damaris, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Zimmermann, Kathrin, Werner, Christina, Allemand, Mathias, Zimprich, Daniel, Martin, Mike
Lernen und Gedächtnis im Alter
2013, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Martin, Mike, Bartsch, Thorsten, Falkai, Peter
Psychologie der Hochaltrigkeit: Kognitive Entwicklung im hohen Alter
2011, Martin, Mike, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Petzold, Hilarion G., Horn, Erika, Müller, Lotti
Cognitive development in aging
2014-06-02, Zöllig, Jacqueline, Martin, Mike, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Pachana, Nancy A., Laidlaw, Ken
Gerontopsychology: ageing is all in your head
2013, Martin, Mike, Theill, Nathan, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Komp, Kathrin, Aartsen, Marja
Comparing age effects in normally and extremely highly educated and intellectually engaged 65 - 80 year-olds: potential protection from deficit through educational and intellectual activities across the lifespan
2009, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Martin, Mike
Education and cognitive activity have been suggested to protect against cognitive decline in old age. However, little is known about the long-term effects of extremely high levels of education and intellectual activity across the lifespan. The present study investigated the extent to which these two variables may moderate the age-related differences in cognitive performance in old adults. Therefore, story recall, paired-associates learning, reading span and letter digit performance of 62 university professors (mean age = 72.47) were compared with those of a representative sample of 196 participants of the Zurich Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Aging (mean age = 73.04). The results demonstrate that the highly educated sample performed significantly better than the normally educated sample in the paired- associates learning and reading span test. Furthermore, age effects were found in the letter digit as well as in the paired-associates learning test. While the normally educated sample demonstrated an age- related decrease in the paired-associates learning test, the performance of the highly educated sample actually increased with increasing age. These findings suggest that extremely high levels of education and intellectual activity may postpone age-related deficits in pairedassociates learning tasks, but not in speed of processing tasks.
Effects of simultaneously performed cognitive and physical training in older adults
2013-09-23, Theill, Nathan, Adelsberger, Rolf, Martin, Mike, Jäncke, Lutz, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera
Simultaneously Measuring Gait and Cognitive Performance in Cognitively Healthy and Cognitively Impaired Older Adults: The Basel Motor-Cognition Dual-Task Paradigm
2011-06-07, Theill, Nathan, Martin, Mike, Schumacher Alvelo, Vera, Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A., Kressig, Reto W.