Presentations

Clouston, S. (2011, June). Inequalities in life course cognition: Class reproduction, cognitive selection and education. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, June). Modeling change and interdependency of cognitive abilities in studies of aging. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Lindwall, M. (2011, June). When it goes, it all goes? Physical and cognitive functioning travelling together across time in older adults. Results from the OCTO-twin study. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Piccinin, A. M. (2011, June). Integrative analysis of MMSE across IALSA-affiliated studies. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Robitaille, A. (2011, June). Does processing speed account for aging-related change in other cognitive functions? An evaluation of between-person and within-person effects across IALSA studies. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Sparks, C. (2011, June). Influence of health conditions on cognition in later life. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, May). Coordination of measurement and analysis protocol: Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA). Paper presented at the APS workshop on Integrative Data Analysis: Conceptual Issues and Applied Examples, Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, May). Cognitive aging from an integrative lifespan perspective. Paper presented at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Symposium on Ageing Societies – Mature People, Vienna.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2011, May). Integrative data analysis (IDA): Longitudinal studies of aging. Paper presented at NIA-sponsored Meeting on Harmonization of Methods and Measurement in Longitudinal Studies, University of Southern California.

Wray, L., Alwin, D. F., Hofer, S. M., Zeisser, K. L., Chu, C-J. (2011, April). The role of diabetes in cognitive decline in middle-aged and older Americans. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, March). Integrative data analysis (IDA): Longitudinal studies. Paper presented at the Canadian Data Harmonization Initiative Roundtable, Ottawa.

Sparks, C. & Hofer, S. M. (2011, February). The impact of health on aging-related cognitive change. Paper presented Social Dimensions of Health colloquium series, University of Victoria.

Clouston, S. (2011, June). Inequalities in life course cognition: Class reproduction, cognitive selection and education. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, June). Modeling change and interdependency of cognitive abilities in studies of aging. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Lindwall, M. (2011, June). When it goes, it all goes? Physical and cognitive functioning travelling together across time in older adults. Results from the OCTO-twin study. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Piccinin, A. M. (2011, June). Integrative analysis of MMSE across IALSA-affiliated studies. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Robitaille, A. (2011, June). Does processing speed account for aging-related change in other cognitive functions? An evaluation of between-person and within-person effects across IALSA studies. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Sparks, C. (2011, June). Influence of health conditions on cognition in later life. Paper presented at the IALSA / HALCyon Methodological Meeting, West Dean, UK.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, May). Coordination of measurement and analysis protocol: Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA). Paper presented at the APS workshop on Integrative Data Analysis: Conceptual Issues and Applied Examples, Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, May). Cognitive aging from an integrative lifespan perspective. Paper presented at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Symposium on Ageing Societies – Mature People, Vienna.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2011, May). Integrative data analysis (IDA): Longitudinal studies of aging. Paper presented at NIA-sponsored Meeting on Harmonization of Methods and Measurement in Longitudinal Studies, University of Southern California.

Wray, L., Alwin, D. F., Hofer, S. M., Zeisser, K. L., Chu, C-J. (2011, April). The role of diabetes in cognitive decline in middle-aged and older Americans. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Hofer, S. M. (2011, March). Integrative data analysis (IDA): Longitudinal studies. Paper presented at the Canadian Data Harmonization Initiative Roundtable, Ottawa.

Sparks, C. & Hofer, S. M. (2011, February). The impact of health on aging-related cognitive change. Paper presented Social Dimensions of Health colloquium series, University of Victoria.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2011, January). A coordinated analysis approach for the replication of longitudinal research. Paper presented at EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Vrije University, Amsterdam.

Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2010, December). A coordinated analysis approach for the replication of longitudinal research. Invited paper presented at the preconference on Integrative Data Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology, Montreal.

Wray, L., Alwin, D. F., Hofer, S. M., Zeisser, K. L., Chu, C-J. (2010, November). Diabetes and cognitive change in midlife and older adulthood. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans.

Hofer, S.M. (2010, August). Joint modeling of longitudinal multivariate outcomes. Paper presented at the Advanced Psychometric Conference, Friday Harbor, WA.

Piccinin, A.M. & Hofer, S.M. (2010, August). A coordinated analysis approach for the replication of longitudinal research. Paper presented at the Advanced Psychometric Conference, Friday Harbor, WA.

Wray, L., Alwin, D. F., Hofer, S. M., Zeisser, K. L., Chu, C-J. (2010, August). Diabetes and cognition in midlife and older adulthood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta.

Hofer, S. M. (2010, May). Research synthesis of longitudinal studies on aging (Discussant). In V. Thorvaldsson & L. Hassing (Chairs), Determinants of functional outcomes in old age: Reports from Nordic longitudinal studies. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Hofer, S. M. & Piccinin, A. M. (2010, May). Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA) Research Network: Research synthesis through coordination of measurement and analysis protocol. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Hofer, S. M. & Piccinin, A. M. (2010, May). Meta-analysis, pooled data, and coordinated analysis approaches:Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging. In S. M. Hofer (Chair), Advances in longitudinal data analysis. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston.

Hofer, S. M. (2010, April). Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA) Research Network. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G), Montreal.

Piccinin, A. M., Muniz, G., Matthews, F. & Johansson, B. (2010, April). Terminal decline from within and between person perspectives, accounting for incident dementia. Paper presented at the biannual Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta.

Hofer, S. M., Piccinin, A. M., Bontempo, D. E., Sparks, C., & Hoffman, L. (2009, November). Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA): Patterns of between-person age differences and within-person changes in cognitive capabilities with age. In S. M. Hofer (Chair), Coordinated and pooled data analyses of longitudinal studies of aging: Aging and dementia-related change in cognition, affect, and physical functioning. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta.

Comijs, H. Van Den Kommer, T. N., Bontempo, D. E., Hofer, S. M., Dik, M., Piccinin, A. M., Deeg, D. J., & Johansson, B. (2009, November). Classification models for early identification of persons at risk for dementia, a replication study. In S. M. Hofer (Chair), Coordinated and pooled data analyses of longitudinal studies of aging: Aging and dementia-related change in cognition, affect, and physical functioning. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta.

Sparks, C., Bontempo, D. E., Piccinin, A. M., Spiro, A., & Hofer, S. M. (2009, November). Conceptualizing and operationalizing health in longitudinal research on aging. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta.

Bontempo. D. E., Hofer, S. M. & Piccinin, A. M. (2009, August). Factorial invariance and scale comparison across studies when measures differ. In S. M. Hofer and K. Grimm (Chairs), Evaluating and optimizing measurement comparison across longitudinal studies. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.

Hofer, S. M. & Piccinin, A. M. (2008, August). Optimizing analysis and synthesis of longitudinal studies: Collaborative and pooled data approaches. In S. M. Hofer (Chair), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies: Measurement and Analysis Issues for Evidence Synthesis. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Bontempo, D. E., Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2008, August). Issues and approaches for comparing constructs across longitudinal study results when exact measures may differ. In S. M. Hofer (Chair), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies: Measurement and Analysis Issues for Evidence Synthesis. Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Hofer, S. M., Piccinin, A. M., Spiro, A., & Martin, M. (2008, July). Integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging: A coordinated analysis process for cross-validating and extending results on aging-related change. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Johansson, B., & Thorvaldsson, V. (2008, July). Cognitive decline as an index of subsequent dementia and death. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Matthews, F., & Muniz, G. (2008, July). The modeling of individual trajectories of cognitive decline from studies with missing data. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Rast, P., Zimprich, D., van Boxtel, M., & Jolles, J. (2008, July). Longitudinal change of individual differences in verbal learning in old age. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Spiro, A., & Brady, C. (2008, July). Impact of vascular disease on cognitive aging. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Zimprich, D., & Martin, M. (2008, July). Twelve-year correlated longitudinal changes in cognition in old age. In S. M. Hofer and A. M. Piccinin (Chairs), Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA). Paper symposium conducted at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.