Gender Differences in Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes and Dementia

 
   Lead Investigator:    Katherine Dorociak
   Institution      :    Loyola University Chicago
   E-Mail           :    katiedorociak@gmail.com
   Proposal ID      :    715



   Proposal Description:
   Gender differences exist in certain cognitive tasks women outperform men on       tasks of verbal memory whereas men outperform women on visuospatial tasks.        These represent a sex-specific form of cognitive reserve that may affect the      detection of MCI and thus prevent early identification and intervention. For      example, women may avoid detection of MCI because of their cognitive reserve      factor of verbal memory (Sundemann et al., 2016). Thus, there is need to more     completely understand if there are gender-related differences in prevalence of    MCI (when controlling for age and years of education)? Do these gender            differences vary based on MCI subtype?                                            Limited research has explored gender differences in aging. Given differences in   neurocognitive test performance based on gender, future research with this data   may also explore whether there are certain neuropsychological tests that do a     better job of predicting the transition from MCI to AD in men vs. women?