Presenter: Natalia Docteur (left)
Learning objectives:
Understand increased dementia risk in adults with ADHD
Explain how white matter hyperintensity burden contributes to cognitive impairment
Discuss cognitive vulnerability to vascular brain pathology in later-life ADHD
Paper: Vascular Burden Moderates the Relationship Between ADHD and Cognition in Older Adults
Natalia is a second-year PhD student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary. She completed her Hons. B.Sc. in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto and worked as a Research Analyst at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health prior to starting graduate school. Her current research investigates relationships between white matter microstructure, cardiovascular risk factors, and cognition in adults with ADHD. Clinically, Natalia specializes in the neuropsychological assessment and diagnosis of older adults with brain disorders (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury) presenting with comorbid psychopathology.
Recording
Presenter: Kate McKay (right)
Learning Objectives:
Understand the background research on executive functioning across the lifespan and the potential roles of white-matter hyperintensities and white-matter connectivity on the relationship between age and executive functioning.
Discuss the paper’s methods for testing complex models of the relationships between these variables.
Discuss the findings of the paper and future research directions.
Kate is a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive psychology at the University of Calgary. She completed her PhD in cognitive psychology at the University of Queensland in 2024. Her current research investigates ADHD across the lifespan.