Laura Middleton
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Laura Middleton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of kinesiology, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Dr. Laura Middleton Research Interests includes Cognition abilities are critical to educational and occupational achievement, daily function, and even movement. Unfortunately, cognitive performance declines on average in late life and the prevalence of dementia nearly doubles every five years after the age of 65 years. Within a generation, we expect over a million people in Canada will have dementia, as more people live to ages when dementia is common. My research identifies ways to optimize cognition across the life course and to prevent dementia in late life. In particular, I investigate the relationship between physical exercise, cognition, and brain function using approaches from several disciplines including neuroscience, exercise physiology and epidemiology.
Publications
-
Middleton LE, Barnes DE, Lui LY, Yaffe K. Physical activity over the life course and its association with cognitive performance and impairment in old age. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58 (7), 1322-1326.
-
Middleton LE, Yaffe K. Promising Strategies for the Prevention of Dementia.Archives of Neurology 2009; 66(10):1210-1215.
