Cross-national harmonization of cognitive measures across HRS HCAP (USA) and LASI-DAD (India).

Jet M J VonkAlden L GrossAndrea R ZammitLaiss BertolaJustina F AvilaRoos J JuttenLeslie S GaynorClaudia K SuemotoLindsay C KobayashiMegan E O'connellOlufisayo ElugbadeboPriscilla A AmofaAdam M StaffaroniMiguel Arce RenteríaIndira C TurneyRichard N JonesJennifer J ManlyJinkook LeeLaura B Zahodne

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Harmonization of cognitive measures will facilitate future investigation of cross-national differences in cognitive performance and differential effects of risk factors, policies, and treatments, reducing study-level measurement and administrative influences. As international aging studies become more widely available, advanced statistical methods such as those described in this study will become increasingly central to making universal generalizations and drawing valid conclusions about cognitive aging of the global population.

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