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By Dr Ben Lam
Book Chapters
2018, 'Dialecticism in close relationships and marriage', in The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cognition: Contradiction, Change, and Holism, pp. 353 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199348541.003.0012
,Journal articles
2024, 'Associations between fruit and vegetable intakes and incident depression in middle-aged and older adults from 10 diverse international longitudinal cohorts', Journal of Affective Disorders, 359, pp. 373 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.096
,2024, 'Blood Pressure, Antihypertensive Use, and Late-Life Alzheimer and Non-Alzheimer Dementia Risk: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis', Neurology, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209715
,2024, 'Does Religious Worldview Benefit Life Satisfaction? Examination of the Incremental Predictive Power, Underlying Mechanism, and Temporal Relationship in Hong Kong and the USA', Journal of Religion and Health, 63, pp. 2877 - 2894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01934-0
,2024, 'An examination of the impact of cultural intelligence on life satisfaction: Insights from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the United States', International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101971
,2024, 'Association of Blood Pressure With Brain Ages: A Cohort Study of Gray and White Matter Aging Discrepancy in Mid-to-Older Adults From UK Biobank', Hypertension, 81, pp. 906 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22176
,2024, 'Network analysis of neuropsychiatric, cognitive, and functional complications of stroke: implications for novel treatment targets', Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 78, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13633
,2024, 'GROUPS 4 RETIREMENT: A new intervention that supports well-being in the lead-up to retirement by targeting social identity management', Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joop.12458
,2024, 'The combination of olfactory dysfunction and depression increases the risk of incident dementia in older adults', International Psychogeriatrics, 36, pp. 130 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000480
,2024, 'Critical periods for cognitive reserve building activities for late life global cognition and cognitive decline: the Sydney memory and aging cohort study', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 31, pp. 387 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2023.2181941
,2024, 'Fluid biomarkers of the neurovascular unit in cerebrovascular disease and vascular cognitive disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2024.100216
,2024, 'Poor mobility and lower limb weakness are associated with three distinct depressive symptom trajectories over 6 years in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 43, pp. 333 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13273
,2024, 'Social axioms and psychological toll: A study of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses across 35 cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12545
,2024, 'White matter brain age as a biomarker of cerebrovascular burden in the ageing brain', European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01758-3
,2024, 'RISK FACTORS FOR ONSET OF POST-STROKE DEPRESSION IN DIVERSE ETHNO-REGIONAL GROUPS', Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, pp. 100106 - 100106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2022.100106
,2023, 'Social connections and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and mortality in 13 longitudinal cohort studies of ageing', Alzheimer's and Dementia, 19, pp. 5114 - 5128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13072
,2023, 'Genetically Predicted Blood Pressure and Cognition in Midlife: A UK Biobank Study', Hypertension, 80, pp. 2112 - 2121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21612
,2023, 'Social media trust predicts lower COVID-19 vaccination rates and higher excess mortality over 2 years', PNAS Nexus, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad318
,2023, 'Use of Antihypertensives, Blood Pressure, and Estimated Risk of Dementia in Late Life: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis', JAMA network open, 6, pp. e2333353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33353
,2023, 'A Longitudinal Examination of the Role of Social Identity in Supporting Health and Well-Being in Retirement', Psychology and Aging, 38, pp. 615 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000757
,2023, 'Short-term Trajectories of Poststroke Cognitive Function: A STROKOG Collaboration Study', Neurology, 100, pp. E2331 - E2341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207281
,2023, 'Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures', Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14, pp. 662 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506221124392
,2023, 'Hormonal factors moderate the associations between vascular risk factors and white matter hyperintensities', Brain Imaging and Behavior, 17, pp. 172 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-022-00751-5
,2023, 'Harmonizing Ethno-Regionally Diverse Datasets to Advance the Global Epidemiology of Dementia', Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 39, pp. 177 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2022.07.009
,2023, 'Frequency of cognitive "super-aging" in three Australian samples using different diagnostic criteria', International Psychogeriatrics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000935
,2023, 'Longitudinal changes in participant and informant reports of subjective cognitive complaints are associated with dementia risk', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15, pp. 1044807, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1044807
,2023, 'Social connections and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and mortality in 13 longitudinal cohort studies of ageing', International Psychogeriatrics, 35, pp. 16 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610223001734
,2023, 'Suitability of Computerised and Pencil‐and‐Paper Neuropsychological Assessments in Healthy Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians: The CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.078107
,2023, 'Types of social support and depressive symptoms in older adults: An IPD meta‐analysis of longitudinal ageing studies', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.074525
,2022, 'Dialecticism in romantic relationships: An examination in Chinese and American cultural contexts', Personal Relationships, 29, pp. 699 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pere.12446
,2022, 'Memory decline in older individuals predicts an objective indicator of oral health: findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', BMC Oral Health, 22, pp. 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02128-y
,2022, 'Is hospitalization a risk factor for cognitive decline in older age adults?', International Psychogeriatrics, 34, pp. 963 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220001763
,2022, 'Comparison of Computerised and Pencil-and-Paper Neuropsychological Assessments in Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, pp. 1050 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721001314
,2022, 'Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis', The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3, pp. e740 - e753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00199-4
,2022, 'Comparison of computerised and pencil-and-paper neuropsychological assessments in older culturally and linguistically diverse Australians - CORRIGENDUM.', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s135561772200073x
,2022, 'Nonpharmacological approaches reduce symptoms of depression in dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Ageing Research Reviews, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101669
,2022, 'Performance-Based vs Informant-Reported Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Predicting Dementia', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1342 - 1347.e9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.09.020
,2022, 'Ageing well in a foreign land: group memberships protect older immigrants' wellbeing through enabling social support and integration', Ageing and Society, 42, pp. 1710 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001695
,2022, 'Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Change in Close Relationships: Evidence From Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, pp. 1118 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01461672211026129
,2022, 'Long-Term Cognitive Decline After Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis', Stroke, 53, pp. 1318 - 1327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035796
,2022, 'Surgical Hospitalization Is Not Associated With Cognitive Trajectory Over 6 Years in Healthy Older Australians', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 608 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.082
,2022, 'Reliability, Validity, and User-Experience of Remote Unsupervised Computerized Neuropsychological Assessments in Community-Living 55- to 75-Year-Olds', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 90, pp. 1629 - 1645, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220665
,2022, 'The Interaction Between Vascular Risk Factors, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, and Amyloid Burden in Older Adults', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 86, pp. 1617 - 1628, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210358
,2022, 'Computer‐administered neuropsychological assessment batteries: Validity, reliability, and user experience in an Australian sample of community‐living older adults in the CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.067031
,2022, 'Dyadic patterns of subjective cognitive reports as predictors of incident dementia', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.061351
,2022, 'The impact of social health on global cognition and cognitive domains: An individual participant level data meta‐analysis of longitudinal cohort studies of cognitive ageing', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.061062
,2021, 'Increased reporting of subjective cognitive complaints over time predicts cognitive decline and incident dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 36, pp. 1739 - 1747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5594
,2021, 'When the final whistle blows: Social identity pathways support mental health and life satisfaction after retirement from competitive sport', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102049
,2021, 'Difference in distribution functions: A new diffusion weighted imaging metric for estimating white matter integrity', NeuroImage, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118381
,2021, 'Avoidant Attachment as a Panacea against Collective Mortality Concerns: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Individualist and Collectivist Cultures', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52, pp. 354 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220221211005075
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