Cognitive Change in Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disability
This NIH-funded study is in collaboration with The University of California, Davis. Memory, language, and nonverbal skills have different patterns of change over the lifespan, and there is concern that in intellectual disability (and in particular Down syndrome), the usual age-related declines may begin at a younger age than in the general population. In some cases, early declines are signs of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. The goal of this study is to identify aspects of cognition that begin to decline early as well as aspect of cognition that are still improving. Understanding the changes that occur during the adolescent-to-early adult years could lead to future treatments that could slow the decline.
Our Time 3 Participants ♡
Pictured below are some of our wonderful participants who completed our 3-year longitudinal study on cognitive change. Thank you so much and congratulations!!!
We are no longer recruiting new participants for these studies. Questions? Email us at idlab@ua.edu or fconners@ua.edu, or call (205)348-4253!