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Congratulations to Lauren! Lauren will be working full-time as a research assistant and coordinator at the Maine Medical Center. Well done & we will miss you.

The CARE Lab recently published an article on Sleep Health that suggests that “too much” or “too little” sleep is associated with worse executive function in older adults.

Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21040112

Congratulations Amy! Amy matched at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Clinical Neuropsychology Track for her APA-accredited clinical predoctoral internship.

Congratulations Angel! Angel matched at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Geropsychology Track for her APA-accredited clinical predoctoral internship.

UMaine News features Dr. MacAulay and the CARE lab’s work on mindfulness in older adults.

Read more here: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/02/10/umaine-study-shows-mindful-adults-age-with-better-mental-health/

The CARE Lab recently published an article that suggests that greater childhood adversity may increase vulnerability for cognitive impairment by impacting early education, socioeconomic status, and mental health. These findings also suggested that greater levels of education may buffer the harmful effects of adverse childhood experiences on brain health.

Congratulations to Zoe who won a CUGR fellowship award of $1500 for their project titled “No More Excu-SES: Time to Address Class and Cognitive Function.” Zoe’s project aims to better characterize the interrelationships between SSS, traditional measures of SES, and cognitive function using data from the Maine, Aging, Behavior, & Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) study.

The CARE Lab recently published an article in the journal of Aging Mental Health that suggests that increasing dispositional mindfulness may provide psychological resilience to potential harmful effects of stress on brain health

Read more here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UV7VNH7UA9QVCFT5PNHJ/full?target=10.1080/13607863.2021.1998352

Updates from our lab graduates!

Heather Andrews graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in Psychology and is excited to be working at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research in Boston, MA. Michael Fagan graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Business Management as well as a Psychology degree. Michael has bridged these interests […]

As part of the National Academy of Neuropsychology grant, the CARE Lab recently published their findings on the Psychometric Properties of the NIH Toolbox in comparison to Gold-Standard Cognitive Measures in Socioeconomically Diverse Older Adults in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Published article may be viewed at: https://academic.oup.com/acn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/arclin/acab018/6226673?guestAccessKey=4dddde2f-2197-464c-8323-01f970aeef80

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