Aggio, D;
Smith, L;
Fisher, A;
Hamer, M;
(2016)
Aggio et al. Respond to “Lessons for Research on Cognitive Aging”.
American Journal of Epidemiology
, 183
(12)
pp. 1086-1087.
10.1093/aje/kww030.
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Abstract
We thank Dr. Belsky (1) for his interest in our study (2), in which we investigated associations between physical activity and cognitive function in young people. He raises several important issues on the role of physical activity as a public health strategy in the prevention of cognitive decline. The issue of “neuroselection,” wherein individuals with better cognitive function are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors such as physical activity and refrain from unhealthy ones such as smoking, is a potential source of bias in observational studies. The alternative hypothesis is that of “neuroprotection,” in which engagement in healthy behaviors is likely to lead to enhanced cognitive development.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Aggio et al. Respond to “Lessons for Research on Cognitive Aging” |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aje/kww030 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww030 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This article is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology following peer review. The version of record Aggio, D; Smith, L; Fisher, A; Hamer, M; (2016) Aggio et al. Respond to “Lessons for Research on Cognitive Aging”, American Journal of Epidemiology , 183 (12) pp. 1086-1087 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww030 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1496274 |
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