Scottish Cognitive Ageing Network (SCAN)
@ScotCogAgeing
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SCAN aims to build on cross-institutional links in Scottish cognitive ageing research. We have over 100 members, join us! Page managed by Dr Kelly Wolfe.
Scotland
Joined May 2023
We're not just on Twitter! If you're not on Twitter (or are thinking of "spreading your wings"), you can also keep up with us on BlueSky via our profile: .
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The Scottish Cognitive Ageing Network is going places, including Italy! Well done all!.
@eucas2025 @unipv Great to see a strong @ScotCogAgeing contingent too, with posters from @KellyWolfePsych, Matthew Johnston, and Maria Arberg Nygaard, with @ElhagShaimaa and @M_Niechcial represented by @TasminRookes presenting their @CogFrailNetwork pump priming project
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Last, but certainly not least, @M_Niechcial's systematic review looks into how much the public knows about risk and protective factors of cognitive ageing.
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A big thanks to everyone who came today, who presented their work, and our fab organiser @lizzie21 for hosting us. If you're not a member of SCAN yet but would like to be, send us a message or sign up via the link in the bio. As you can see, we're a friendly bunch!
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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.
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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.
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And our last speaker of the day, Lucy Forde (@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.
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Using genAI can support people with low digital literacy or those with mild cognitive impairment. Claire's (@ClaireRPsychCI) study explores how older adults use genAI and traditional search functions (Google) and their perspective on both (including distrust and ethics).
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Frailty consists of several traits, such as cognitive health, social isolation, and an unhealthy lifestyle. How do those traits relate to dementia risk? Jonny (@JonnyPFlint) discusses his findings on frailty, medication patterns and dementia risk using UK and Australian data.
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Lucy Halamova (@LHalamova55159) 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.
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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!
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Despite sleep being the study's topic, we're all alert and listening to @SeamasFarrell's talk on the effects of sleep duration and daytime alertness on cognitive functioning across the adult lifespan.
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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.
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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.
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The next talk is actually mine (@KellyWolfePsych)! I discussed a novel task made to study the relationship of statistical learning and executive functions in older age, a Carnegie-funded project with @MattD_Johnston.
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What are the public attitudes towards people with dementia, and why does the language we use matter? Maggie Ellis' (@Astellis) study sheds more light on this important topic.
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Next up is Gerard Campbell, who discussed the role of age and spontaneous strategy use on real-world visual memory tasks. Very interesting!
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Our first speaker of the day is Josephine Ross (@hellosephine), 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.
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Our biannual meeting has started! Today, we've got many interesting talks and posters about cognitive ageing, and excellent attendance. Keep an eye out for some information on the talks and posters. Many thanks to @lizzie21 for having us today!
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RT @AlanJohnGow: Fantastic to be at @univofstandrews for @ScotCogAgeing’s Spring 2025 meeting, organised by @lizzie21. Full afternoon of ta….
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RT @ClaireRPsych: A little adventure out the office today to St Andrews for the annual @ScotCogAgeing meeting 😊🚂
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