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Influence of young adult cognitive ability and additional education on later-life cognition
Edited by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Michael S. Gazzaniga December 8, 2018 (received for review July 4, 2018)

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- Published in issue February 5, 2019.
- Published first January 22, 2019.
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- William S. Kremena,b,c,1,
- Asad Beckb,d,
- Jeremy A. Elmana,b,
- Daniel E. Gustavsona,b,
- Chandra A. Reynoldse,
- Xin M. Tub,f,
- Mark E. Sanderson-Ciminoa,b,d,
- Matthew S. Panizzona,b,
- Eero Vuoksimaag,
- Rosemary Toomeyh,
- Christine Fennema-Notestinea,b,i,
- Donald J. Hagler, Jr.a,b,i,
- Bin Fanga,b,
- Anders M. Dalea,b,i,j,
- Michael J. Lyonsh, and
- Carol E. Franza,b,1
- aDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- bCenter for Behavior Genetics of Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- cCenter of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA 92161;
- dDepartment of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182;
- eDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521;
- fDepartment of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- gInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- hDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215;
- iDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- jDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
Edited by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Michael S. Gazzaniga December 8, 2018 (received for review July 4, 2018)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: wkremen{at}ucsd.edu or cfranz{at}ucsd.edu.
Author contributions: W.S.K., M.S.P., R.T., C.F.-N., D.J.H., A.M.D., M.J.L., and C.E.F. designed research; W.S.K., M.S.P., R.T., C.F.-N., D.J.H., A.M.D., M.J.L., and C.E.F. performed research; W.S.K., A.B., J.A.E., D.E.G., C.A.R., X.M.T., E.V., B.F., and C.E.F. analyzed data; X.M.T. oversaw statistical analysis; X.M.T. and B.F. completed implementation and write-up of the multiple test correction procedure; M.S.P. contributed critical comments/edits; C.E.F. collaborated on developing the idea/model for the paper; and W.S.K., A.B., J.A.E., D.E.G., C.A.R., M.E.S.-C., and E.V. wrote the paper.
Conflict of interest statement: A.M.D. is a founder of and holds equity in CorTechs Labs, Inc, and serves on its scientific advisory board. He is also a member of the scientific advisory board of Human Longevity, Inc. and receives funding through research agreements with GE Healthcare and Medtronic. The terms of these arrangements have been reviewed and approved by University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. S.-J.B. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.
Data deposition: Data are available at the The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) website, https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/psychiatry/research/VETSA/Pages/default.aspx.
See Commentary on page 1832.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1811537116/-/DCSupplemental.
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