Participant diversity is necessary to advance brain aging research
Gagan S. Wig, Sarah Klausner, Micaela Y. Chan, Cameron Sullins, Anirudh Rayanki, Maya Seale
Abstract
An absence of population-representative participant samples has limited research in healthy brain aging. We highlight examples of what can be gained by enrolling more diverse participant cohorts, and propose recommendations for specific reforms, both in terms of how researchers accomplish this goal and how institutions support and benchmark these efforts.
Topics & Concepts
PsychologyDiversity (politics)PopulationCognitive psychologySociologyDemographyAnthropologyHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life