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ArticleBMC psychology2014

Mood and cognition in healthy older European adults: the Zenith study.

Ellen Ea Simpson, Elizabeth A Maylor, Christopher McConville, Barbara Stewart-Knox, Natalie Meunier, Maud Andriollo-Sanchez, Angela Polito, Federica Intorre, Jacqueline M McCormack, Charles Coudray

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Article in BMC psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Ellen Ea SimpsonPsychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK ; School of Psychology, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, BT521SA Coleraine, County Londonderry Northern Ireland.
Elizabeth A MaylorDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Christopher McConvillePsychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK.
Barbara Stewart-KnoxDivision of Psychology, University of Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
Natalie MeunierCHU Clermont Ferrand, Unité d'Exploration en Nutrition, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Maud Andriollo-SanchezUniversité Joseph Fourier, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France.
Angela PolitoAgricultural Research Council-Research Centre on Food and Nutrition (CRA-NUT), Rome, Italy.
Federica IntorreUniversité Joseph Fourier, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France.
Jacqueline M McCormackNorthern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland UK.
Charles CoudrayUMR 866 (Dynamique Musculaire & Métabolisme) INRA, Place Viala, Montpellier, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe study aim was to determine if state and trait intra-individual measures of everyday affect predict cognitive functioning in healthy older community dwelling European adults (n = 387), aged 55-87 years.

methodsParticipants were recruited from centres in France, Italy and Northern Ireland. Trait level and variability in positive and negative affect (PA and NA) were assessed using self-administered PANAS scales, four times a day for four days. State mood was assessed by one PANAS scale prior to assessment of recognition memory, spatial working memory, reaction time and sustained attention using the CANTAB computerized test battery.

resultsA series of hierarchical regression analyses were carried out, one for each measure of cognitive function as the dependent variable, and socio-demographic variables (age, sex and social class), state and trait mood measures as the predictors. State PA and NA were both predictive of spatial working memory prior to looking at the contribution of trait mood. Trait PA and its variability were predictive of sustained attention. In the final step of the regression analyses, trait PA variability predicted greater sustained attention, whereas state NA predicted fewer spatial working memory errors, accounting for a very small percentage of the variance (1-2%) in the respective tests.

conclusionMoods, by and large, have a small transient effect on cognition in this older sample.

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AffectCANTABCognitionMoodOlder adultsPANAS

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PMCPMC4416258

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