ISLAND Campus: a fee-free formal university educational intervention in mid- to later-life to reduce modifiable risk factors for dementia and improve cognition
Eddy Roccati, Alex Kitsos, Aidan David Bindoff, Jane Elizabeth Alty, Larissa Bartlett, Jessica Marie Collins, Anna Elizabeth King, Hannah Fair, Kathleen Doherty, James Clement Vickers · 2024
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Eddy Roccati and co-authors test free university study as a shield for the aging brain in a 2024 paper. The ISLAND Campus scheme in Tasmania offered fee free study to adults in mid and later life, in person or online. The aim was to cut dementia risk factors that can still be changed and to lift thinking skills.
Campus learners were matched with non learners of like age and sex from the same large study. Close to a thousand people in all took surveys on health and risk, gave blood for gene and protein tests, and did memory tasks online. The design lets the team weigh whether late study truly moves risk and cognition.
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| CREATOR | Eddy Roccati, Alex Kitsos, Aidan David Bindoff, Jane Elizabeth Alty, Larissa Bartlett, Jessica Marie Collins, Anna Elizabeth King, Hannah Fair, Kathleen Doherty, James Clement Vickers |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |