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  • Cognitive Psychology

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  • Longitudinal studies on cognitive aging face challenges from within-person score variability.
  • Neuropsychological measures need evaluation for reliability in tracking cognitive changes over time.

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  • To compare neuropsychological measures based on longitudinal error variance.
  • To assess the relationship between cognitive measures and brain amyloidosis (Aβ) biomarkers.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention.
  • Quantified within-person longitudinal variability and age-related trajectories for various cognitive composites and scores.
  • Examined how Aβ, measured via cerebrospinal fluid or PET scans, influenced cognitive trajectories in a subset of participants.

Main Results:

  • Global and theoretically derived cognitive composites demonstrated reduced intraindividual variability compared to empirically derived composites or single test scores.
  • Theoretical executive function composites showed superior performance over other executive function measures on both variability and biomarker interaction metrics.
  • Stronger interactions between age and Aβ were observed with theoretically derived composites, indicating greater sensitivity to biological changes.

Conclusions:

  • The findings underscore the importance of judicious selection of cognitive outcome measures in study designs for cognitive aging research.
  • Results support the growing consensus advocating for the use of composite measures over single tests for enhanced reliability and sensitivity in longitudinal studies.