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Overview

Paolo Ghisletta is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and specializes in research within the field of psychology. Their work primarily covers areas including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, statistics and probability, and health.

The scientist's research spans several specific topics, in particular:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Paolo Ghisletta has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in various scientific journals. Some of the main publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychology and Aging
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development

Among their recent papers are:

  • Educational attainment does not influence brain aging, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Psychological Distress and Well-Being among Students of Health Disciplines: The Importance of Academic Satisfaction, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Education and Income Show Heterogeneous Relationships to Lifespan Brain and Cognitive Differences Across European and US Cohorts, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • Predicting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Machine Learning Approach, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Relationship Between Mindfulness, Psychopathological Symptoms, and Academic Performance in University Students, 2020, Psychological Reports

Collaboration is notable in Paolo Ghisletta's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Kristine B. Walhovd
  • Anders M. Fjell
  • David Bartrés-Faz
  • Rogier Kievit
  • Ulman Lindenberger

Best Publications

  • Trajectories of brain aging in middle-aged and older adults: Regional and individual differences

    Naftali Raz;Paolo Ghisletta;Karen M. Rodrigue;Kristen M. Kennedy

  • An Introduction to Generalized Estimating Equations and an Application to Assess Selectivity Effects in a Longitudinal Study on Very Old Individuals

    Paolo Ghisletta;Dario Spini

  • The fate of cognition in very old age: Six-year longitudinal findings in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE)

    Tania Singer;Paul Verhaeghen;Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Social participation attenuates decline in perceptual speed in old and very old age.

    Martin Lövdén;Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Cross-sectional age variance extraction: what's change got to do with it?

    Ulman Lindenberger;Timo von Oertzen;Paolo Ghisletta;Christopher Hertzog

  • Cognitive and sensory declines in old age: gauging the evidence for a common cause.

    Ulman Lindenberger;Paolo Ghisletta

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • Does Activity Engagement Protect Against Cognitive Decline in Old Age? Methodological and Analytical Considerations

    Paolo Ghisletta;Jean-François Bickel;Martin Lövdén

  • On the power of multivariate latent growth curve models to detect correlated change.

    Christopher Hertzog;Ulman Lindenberger;Paolo Ghisletta;Timo von Oertzen

  • Age-based structural dynamics between perceptual speed and knowledge in the Berlin Aging Study: Direct evidence for ability dedifferentiation in old age

    Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Neuroanatomical Correlates of Fluid Intelligence in Healthy Adults and Persons with Vascular Risk Factors

    Naftali Raz;Ulman Lindenberger;Paolo Ghisletta;Karen M. Rodrigue

  • Evaluating the Power of Latent Growth Curve Models to Detect Individual Differences in Change

    Christopher Hertzog;Timo von Oertzen;Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Two thirds of the age-based changes in fluid and crystallized intelligence, perceptual speed, and memory in adulthood are shared

    Paolo Ghisletta;Patrick Rabbitt;Patrick Rabbitt;Mary Lunn;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Age Differences in Text Processing: The Role of Working Memory, Inhibition, and Processing Speed

    Erika Borella;Paolo Ghisletta;Anik de Ribaupierre

  • Psychological Factors Involved in Sexual Desire, Sexual Activity, and Sexual Satisfaction: A Multi-factorial Perspective.

    Alessandra Dosch;Lucien Rochat;Paolo Ghisletta;Nicolas Favez

  • Gender differences in social cognitive determinants of exercise adoption.

    Nelli Hankonen;Pilvikki Absetz;Paolo Ghisletta;Britta Renner

  • Longitudinal Cognition-Survival Relations in Old and Very Old Age 13-Year Data from the Berlin Aging Study

    Paolo Ghisletta;John J. McArdle;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Secular Changes in Late-Life Cognition and Well-Being: Towards a Long Bright Future with a Short Brisk Ending?

    Denis Gerstorf;Gizem Hülür;Johanna Drewelies;Peter Eibich

  • Cognition in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE): The first ten years

    Martin Lövdén;Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Static and dynamic longitudinal structural analyses of cognitive changes in old age.

    Paolo Ghisletta;Ulman Lindenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Martial Van der Linden
Martial Van der Linden University of Geneva
Patrick Rabbitt
Patrick Rabbitt University of Oxford
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Naftali Raz
Naftali Raz Stony Brook University
Christopher Hertzog
Christopher Hertzog Georgia Institute of Technology
Rogier A. Kievit
Rogier A. Kievit Donders Institute
René Westerhausen
René Westerhausen University of Oslo
Lars Bertram
Lars Bertram University of Lübeck
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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