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Overview

Lawrence J. Whalley was affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned multiple fields within medicine and environmental science, addressing topics primarily related to cognitive aging, neurological disorders, and environmental factors affecting health.

The main fields of study for this scientist included:

  • Medicine
  • Environmental Science

Whalley's work further explored several subfields such as:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Pollution

The scientist's primary research topics covered:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Published papers by Lawrence J. Whalley included:

  • "Cognitive Test Scores and Progressive Cognitive Decline in the Aberdeen 1921 and 1936 Birth Cohorts," 2022, Brain Sciences
  • "The Cognitive Costs of Social Isolation," 2022, Neurology
  • "Cognitive Screening in Aging Physicians," 2020, Neurology Clinical Practice
  • "Pollution, Particles, and Dementia: A Hypothetical Causative Pathway," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Aspirin moderates the association between cardiovascular risk, brain white matter hyperintensity total lesion volume and processing speed in normal ageing," 2020, Maturitas

Frequent coauthors working with Whalley were:

  • Christopher J. McNeil
  • Roger T. Staff
  • Alison D. Murray
  • Anthony Seaton
  • Lang Tran

Whalley published regularly in several academic journals, with multiple contributions in venues such as:

  • Neurology Clinical Practice
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Maturitas
  • Brain Sciences
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • The impact of childhood intelligence on later life: following up the Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947.

    I. J. Deary;M. Whiteman;J. M. Starr;Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley

  • The efficacy of cognitive therapy in depression: a treatment trial using cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy, each alone and in combination.

    I. M. Blackburn;S. Bishop;A. I. M. Glen;L. J. Whalley

  • Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

    G. Davies;A. Tenesa;A. Tenesa;A. Payton;J. Yang

  • The Stability of Individual Differences in Mental Ability from Childhood to Old Age: Follow-up of the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey

    Ian J Deary;Lawrence J Whalley;Helen Lemmon;J.R Crawford

  • Cognitive reserve and the neurobiology of cognitive aging

    Lawrence J. Whalley;Ian J. Deary;Charlotte L. Appleton;John M. Starr

  • Longitudinal cohort study of childhood IQ and survival up to age 76

    Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley;I. J. Deary

  • The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: a study to examine influences on cognitive ageing from age 11 to age 70 and beyond.

    Ian J. Deary;Alan J. Gow;Michelle D Taylor;Janie Corley

  • Changes in auditory P3 event-related potential in schizophrenia and depression.

    D. H. R. Blackwood;L. J. Whalley;J. E. Christie;I. M. Blackburn

  • A life-course approach to the aetiology of late-onset dementias.

    Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley;Finlay David Dick;Geraldine McNeill

  • Cognitive change and the APOE e4 allele

    Ian J Deary;Martha C Whiteman;Alison Pattie;John M Starr

  • Childhood mental ability and dementia

    L J Whalley;John Starr;R Athawes;D Hunter

  • What provides cerebral reserve

    Roger T Staff;Alison Dorothy Murray;I. J. Deary;Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley

  • Homocysteine, B vitamin status, and cognitive function in the elderly

    Susan J Duthie;Lawrence J Whalley;Andrew R Collins;Steve Leaper

  • Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age

    Ian J. Deary;Jian Yang;Gail Davies;Sarah E. Harris;Sarah E. Harris

  • The NART as an index of prior intellectual functioning: a retrospective validity study covering a 66-year interval

    John Robertson Crawford;I. J. Deary;J. M. Starr;Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley

  • Childhood IQ, social class, deprivation, and their relationships with mortality and morbidity risk in later life: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies.

    Carole L. Hart;Michelle D. Taylor;George Davey Smith;Lawrence J. Whalley

  • Social Support and Successful Aging: Investigating the Relationships Between Lifetime Cognitive Change and Life Satisfaction

    Alan J. Gow;Alison Pattie;Martha C. Whiteman;Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley

  • Brain white matter hyperintensities: relative importance of vascular risk factors in nondemented elderly people.

    Alison Dorothy Murray;Roger T Staff;S. D. Shenkin;I. J. Deary

  • Association between the Gene Encoding 5-Lipoxygenase–Activating Protein and Stroke Replicated in a Scottish Population

    A. Helgadottir;S. Gretarsdottir;D. St. Clair;A. Manolescu

  • Brain white matter lesions detected by magnetic resosnance imaging are associated with balance and gait speed

    J. M. Starr;S. A. Leaper;Alison Dorothy Murray;H.a. Lemmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Alison Pattie
Alison Pattie University of Edinburgh
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University
Alan F. Wright
Alan F. Wright University of Edinburgh
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Michelle Luciano
Michelle Luciano University of Edinburgh
Timothy C. Bates
Timothy C. Bates University of Edinburgh

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