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Introduction: A Life Course Perspective on Activity and Neurocognitive Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2011

Michelle C. Carlson
Michelle C. Carlson*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Center on Aging and Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Correspondence and reprint requests to: Michelle C. Carlson, Department of Mental Health, Center on Aging and Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-700, Baltimore, MD 21205. E-mail: mcarlson@jhsph.edu
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Keywords

Physical activityCognitive activitySocial activityLife courseCognitive reservePrefrontal cortexHippocampusExecutive functionMemory
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Symposium–Introduction
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , November 2011 , pp. 970 - 974
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2011

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