VIRTUAL EVENT: Introducing the CLOSER online cognitive measures guide
This webinar will introduce the CLOSER new online guide to the cognitive measures collected across five British birth cohorts.
VIRTUAL EVENT: Introducing the CLOSER online cognitive measures guide
11 Nov 2020, 13:00 – 14:00
The British birth cohorts contain a wealth of information on cognition over the life course and across different generations. These longitudinal studies have been tracking the cognitive ability of the population for decades.
As part of a Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER) project assessing and harmonising cognitive measures in British cohort studies, researchers Vanessa Moulton and Eoin McElroy produced a comprehensive guide.
The guide documents the 180 measures used to assess diverse aspects of cognition within and across the following five longitudinal studies:
- the MRC National Survey of Health and development (NSHD)
- the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
- the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70
- the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
- the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).
This webinar will explore how and what was documented as part of the cognitive measures guide, as well as the approach the researchers took to retrospectively harmonise these measures.
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Senior Research Associate
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education
Vanessa’s research interests include using longitudinal and secondary data analysis to examine early life course on children and adult mental health, cognition and socio-economic outcomes.
Eoin McElroy
Lecturer in Psychology
The University of Leicester
Eoin’s work focuses mainly on the structure and measurement of mental health and cognitive ability across the life course.
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