Perceived Discrimination Influences Cognition in a Race‐Independent Manner
Shreya Ramanathan, Whitney Wharton, McKayla Williams, Dominika Swieboda, Brittany Butts · 2025
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Shreya Ramanathan and co-authors link perceived discrimination to thinking skills in a race-independent way in a 2025 study. Black adults face far higher Alzheimer risk than white adults, and social drivers of that gap are not fully mapped.
Middle-aged adults with a parent who had Alzheimer disease reported lifetime discrimination across several scales and took tests of executive function, memory, and spatial skill. Brain fluid markers were also measured. Discrimination factor scores tied to cognition regardless of race. Racial groups differed on some reported discrimination types and on tau protein levels, but not on amyloid. The authors argue that felt discrimination itself, not race alone, tracks with early cognitive strain.
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| CREATOR | Shreya Ramanathan, Whitney Wharton, McKayla Williams, Dominika Swieboda, Brittany Butts |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |