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The December issue of the Disconnected Mind Newsletter from Lothian Birth Cohorts is now available online with highlights of 2024 as well as our recent research and publications, and scientific and public engagement events from this Autumn:

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December 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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The latest issue of the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin, includes summaries of books on first and multilingual acquisition, global language assessment, cognitive control, and a parental guide for raising a bilingual child. Read the latest issue here: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
December 10, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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Exciting post-doc position available working on my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset". Based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh within @edinunilbc.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Lothian Birth Cohorts Group within the Psychology Department, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a PDRA on a full time, fixed term contract until 30th of June 2025 i...
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December 2, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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🌟PhD Opportunity🌟
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
Precision Medicine Project - Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
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November 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Since 2004 the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants have been meeting with the research team every three years for many hours of cognitive testing, medical exams and brain scans. Over 100 participants at age 88 have now returned to the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility for the 7th time!
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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“Lessons we learned from the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936”:

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A new review of the main LBC findings on #brain and #cognitive #ageing (and much more!) by the founding and current Directors of the LBC1921 and LBC1936 Ian Deary and Simon Cox

@schoolofppls.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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This year we celebrate two special anniversaries in the history of the Lothian Birth Cohorts studies: the 25th anniversary of the LBC1921 established in 1999 and the 20th anniversary of the LBC1936!

The cohorts' data have contributed to over 700 publications on cognitive, brain and general ageing!
November 20, 2024 at 11:33 AM