Last, but certainly not least, Malwina Niechcial's systematic review looks into how much the public knows about risk and protective factors of cognitive ageing.

And it's over already! A big thanks to everyone who came today, who presented their work, and to our fab organiser, Lizzie Bradford, for hosting us.

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How do we experience intergenerational relationships and keeping, or making, contact? Hio Tong Pang asked this in a focus group study.

In addition to talks, we also had 3 posters!
First up, Anna Bryan's poster on how activity coordinators decide on music facilitation in care homes.

And our last speaker of the day, Lucy Forde discusses how music improvisation can be a tool for enhancing communication and connection in dementia care, using qualitative data to get people's experiences and perspectives.

Using genAI can support people with low digital literacy or those with mild cognitive impairment. Claire Roger's study explores how older adults use genAI and traditional search functions (Google) and their perspective on both (including distrust and ethics).

Frailty consists of several traits, such as cognitive health, social isolation, and an unhealthy lifestyle. How do those traits relate to dementia risk? Jonny Flint discusses his findings on frailty, medication patterns and dementia risk using UK and Australian data.

Lucy Halamova examined older adults' experiences of care home transitions with family, friends, and professionals (doctor, social worker, carer,), and the role of other decision-makers through qualitative, semi-structured interviews.

Research has shown that cardiovascular risk is related to both dementia and cognitive impairment. But does cardiovascular risk moderate the relationship blood-based dementia biomarkers and cognitive impairment? Angelina Kancheva talks us through the findings!

Despite sleep being the study's topic, we're all alert and listening to Seamas Farrell's talk on the effects of sleep duration and daytime alertness on cognitive functioning across the adult lifespan.

Maria Nygaard researched how motivation affects older adults’ health-related prospective memory though social and non-social scenarios, to see whether social aspects play a role.

Next, Lucie Tvrdá developed a virtual assistant (VA) for stroke survivors and their families. The study assessed expectations and experiences of stroke survivors, as well as the VA's perceived usefulness.

The next talk is actually mine (@kwolfe.bsky.social)! I discussed a novel task made to study the relationship of statistical learning and executive functions in older age, a Carnegie-funded project.
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What are the public attitudes towards people with dementia, and why does the language we use matter? Maggie Ellis' study sheds more light on this important topic.

Next up is Gerard Campbell, who discussed the role of age and spontaneous strategy use on real-world visual memory tasks. Very interesting!

Our first speaker of the day is Josephine Ross, who discussed studying the decline of selfhood in persons with dementia using a self-reference task. Josephine mentions that studying selfhood in dementia should go beyond self-report data.

Our biannual meeting has started! Today, we've got many interesting talks and posters about cognitive ageing, and excellent attendance. More info on talks and posters to follow soon.

Many thanks to @lizziebradford.bsky.social for having us today!

A fabulous start to our biannual SCAN meeting! Stay tuned for more information on talks and posters at the conference today.

Just a wee reminder of this great event at the University of St Andrews next month! The deadline for presenters has passed but those interested in/studying cognitive ageing are welcome to attend, as always.
Get in touch with us via our website (see below/profile) or PM to register your interest!

@louisenicholls.bsky.social @lizziebradford.bsky.social @kwolfe.bsky.social

For our first post, why not announce our next meeting?
Our next (members) meeting will be at Scotland's first University, St Andrews, on Friday 2nd May! 🤩 Members who are interested in attending/presenting, check your inbox. Not a member yet? Visit our website to sign up: t.co/Z6zghQf8nc