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The epidemiology of language impairment and cognitive decline in aging
Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain 
Department of Neurology 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
11:30AM-12:30PM  REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/CACVonkSeminar

About Jet Vonk's seminar: Language is an integral part of our lives and the way in which we use language is often seen by others as an index of our level of cognitive and intellectual functioning. The better we understand the complicated domain of language in aging and health, the better our future applications will be for early diagnosis and prevention, validity of cognitive tests, and therapy and intervention for non-communicable diseases. This seminar will discuss 1) the etiology, diagnostic and prognostic role, and trajectory of subtle semantic memory impairment in healthy aging and preclinical dementia, including cultural and demographic patterning, and 2) identifying novel cognitive markers based on linguistic theory and advanced modeling techniques.