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Stuart W. S. MacDonald

Stuart W. S. MacDonald

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
11470
World Ranking
4793
National Ranking
321

Overview

Stuart W. S. MacDonald is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. MacDonald's work also intersects with Conservation and Music, underpinning a diverse portfolio of scientific inquiry.

MacDonald's research topics are centered on areas including Music Therapy and Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Art Therapy and Mental Health, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Diverse Music Education Insights, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention.

Frequent publication venues for MacDonald include Innovation in Aging, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Applied Neuropsychology Adult, Aging & Mental Health, and the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. They have contributed extensively to Innovation in Aging with twenty publications and also have notable records in Alzheimer's & Dementia and other scholarly journals.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Intraindividual variability measured with dispersion across diagnostic groups in a memory clinic sample, 2021, Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Exploring the impact of community-based choral participation on cognitive function and well-being for persons with dementia: evidence from the Voices in Motion project, 2022, Aging & Mental Health
  • CVLT-II short form forced choice recognition in a clinical dementia sample: Cautions for performance validity assessment, 2022, Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Choral singing and dementia: Exploring musicality as embodied and relational accomplishment, 2022, Journal of Aging Studies
  • A socially-engaged lifestyle moderates the association between gait velocity and cognitive impairment, 2020, Aging & Mental Health

MacDonald has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Debra Sheets
  • André Smıth
  • Cynthia McDowell
  • Nicholas Tamburri
  • Jodie R. Gawryluk

Best Publications

  • Variability in Reaction Time Performance of Younger and Older Adults

    David F. Hultsch;Stuart W. S. MacDonald;Roger A. Dixon

  • Intra-individual variability in behavior: links to brain structure, neurotransmission and neuronal activity.

    Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman

  • Moment-to-moment brain signal variability: A next frontier in human brain mapping?

    Douglas D. Garrett;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Intraindividual variability in cognitive performance in older adults: comparison of adults with mild dementia, adults with arthritis, and healthy adults.

    David F. Hultsch;Stuart W. S. MacDonald;Michael A. Hunter;Judi Levy-Bencheton

  • Neural underpinnings of within-person variability in cognitive functioning.

    Stuart W. S. MacDonald;Shu-Chen Li;Lars Bäckman

  • Education Does Not Slow Cognitive Decline with Aging: 12-Year Evidence from the Victoria Longitudinal Study

    Laura B. Zahodne;M. Maria Glymour;Catharine Sparks;Daniel Bontempo

  • Performance variability is related to change in cognition: evidence from the Victoria Longitudinal Study.

    Stuart W S MacDonald;David F Hultsch;Roger A Dixon

  • Latent change models of adult cognition: are changes in processing speed and working memory associated with changes in episodic memory?

    Christopher Hertzog;Roger A. Dixon;David F. Hultsch;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

  • Clinical features and multidisciplinary approaches to dementia care

    Jacob Hg Grand;Sienna Caspar;Stuart Ws MacDonald

  • Neurocognitive markers of cognitive impairment: exploring the roles of speed and inconsistency.

    Roger A. Dixon;Douglas D. Garrett;Tanya L. Lentz;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

  • Direct and indirect measurement of physical activity in older adults: a systematic review of the literature

    Kristina Kowalski;Ryan Rhodes;Patti-Jean Naylor;Holly Tuokko

  • Self-awareness after traumatic brain injury: a comparison of measures and their relationship to executive functions.

    Nicholas M. Bogod;Catherine A. Mateer;Stuart W.S. Macdonald

  • Intraindividual variability, cognition, and aging.

    David F. Hultsch;Esther Strauss;Michael A. Hunter;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

  • Sampling and generalisability in developmental research: Comparison of random and convenience samples of older adults

    David F. Hultsch;Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Michael A. Hunter;Scott B. Maitland

  • Intraindividual variability in reaction time predicts cognitive outcomes 5 years later.

    Allison A. M. Bielak;David F. Hultsch;Esther Strauss;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

  • Intraindividual variability in performance as a theoretical window onto cognitive aging

    David F. Hultsch;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

  • The association between endogenous free testosterone and cognitive performance: a population-based study in 35 to 90 year-old men and women.

    Petra P. Thilers;Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Agneta Herlitz

  • A Reciprocal Model of Face Recognition and Autistic Traits: Evidence from an Individual Differences Perspective

    Drew W. R. Halliday;Stuart W. S. MacDonald;Suzanne K. Sherf;James W. Tanaka

  • Association of lifelong exposure to cognitive reserve-enhancing factors with dementia risk: A community-based cohort study

    Hui-Xin Wang;Stuart W. S. MacDonald;Serhiy Dekhtyar;Laura Fratiglioni

  • Serum total cholesterol, statins and cognition in non-demented elderly.

    A. Solomon;I. Kåreholt;I. Kåreholt;T. Ngandu;T. Ngandu;B. Wolozin

  • Inconsistency in serial choice decision and motor reaction times dissociate in younger and older adults.

    David Bunce;Stuart W.S. MacDonald;David F. Hultsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Dixon
Roger A. Dixon University of Alberta
David F. Hultsch
David F. Hultsch University of Victoria
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Robert S. Stawski
Robert S. Stawski Utah State University
Esther Strauss
Esther Strauss University of Victoria
Michael A. Hunter
Michael A. Hunter University of Victoria
Holly Tuokko
Holly Tuokko University of Victoria
Laura Fratiglioni
Laura Fratiglioni Karolinska Institute
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria
Håkan Fischer
Håkan Fischer Stockholm University

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