Book Chapters & Journal Articles 2010

2010

Boron, J. B, Schaie, K. W. & Willis, S. L. (2010).  The aging personality and self: Diversity and health issues. In H. Fillitt, K. Woodhouse, & K. Rockwood (Eds.), Brocklehurst textbook of geriatric psychiatry and gerontology (pp. 178-183). New York: Elsevier.​​

Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (2010). The Seattle longitudinal study of adult cognitive development. Bulletin of the International Society for the Study of Human Development, 37, 24-29 (PMC3607395).

Willis, S. L. (2010). Cognitive plasticity: Findings from cogntitive training studies. Annual Report of Meiso University, 28, 37-49, Tokyo, Japan: Meiso University.

Willis, S. L., (2010). Long term effects of cognitive training​. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Supplement, 6, 63-64.

Willis, S. L., Martin, M., & Rocke, C. (2010). Longitudinal perspectives on midlife development: Stability and change. Europan Journal of Gerontology, 7, 131-134.

Wolinsky, F. D., Vander Web, M. W., Martin, R., Unverzagt, F. W., Willis, S. L., Marsiske, M., et al. (2010). Does cognitive training improve internal locus of control among older adults? Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 65, 591-598 (PMC2920943).

2011

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (2011). Cohort differences in cognitive aging and terminal decline in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1026-1041 (PMC3134559).

Gross, A. L., Rebok, G. W., Unverzagt, F. W., Willis, S. L., & Brandt, J. (2011). Cognitive predictors of everyday functioning in older adults: Results from the ACTIVE cognitive intervention trial. ​Journals of Gerontology, 66, 557-566 (PMC3155028).

Gross, A. L., Rebok, G. W., Unverzagt, F. W., Willis, S. L., & Brandt, J. (2011). Word list memory predicts everyday function and problem-solving in the elderly: Results from the ACTIVE cognitive intervention trial. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18, 129-146 (PMC3265385).

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (2011). Spousal interrelations in happiness in the Seattle Longitudinal Study: Considerable similarities in levels and change over time. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1-8 (PMC3133667).

2012

Borghesani, P. R., Weaver, K. E., Aylward, E. H., RIchards, A. L., Madhyastha, T. M., Kahn, A. R., Liang, O., Ellengbogen, R. L., Beg, M. F., Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (2012). Midlife memory improvement predicts preservation of hippocampal volume in old age. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 1148-1155 (PMC30740212).

Brown, C. L., Gibbons, L. E., Kennison, R. F., Robitaille, A., Lindwall, M., Mithcelle, M. B., Shirk, S. D., Atri, A., Cimino, C. R., Benitez, A., MacDonald, S. W. S., Zelinski, E. M., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Johansson, B., Dixon, R. A., Mungas, D. M., Hofer,  M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2012). Social activity and cognitive functining over time: A coordinated analysis of four longitudinal studies.Journal of Aging Research, 2012, 1-12(pmc3444000).

Jones, R. N., Marsiske, M., Ball, K., Rebok, G., Willis, S. L., Morris, J. N., Tennestedt​, S. L., (2012). The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and trajectories of performance among older adultsJournal of Aging and Health, 25 (8S), 186S-208S (PMID23103453). 

​Lindwall, M., Cimino, C. R., Gibbons, L. E., Mitchell, M. B., Benitez, A., Brown, C. L., Kennison, R. F., Shirk, S. D., Atri, A., Robitaille, A., Macdonald, S. W., Zelinski, E. M., Willis, S. L., et al. (2012 epub). Dynamic associations of change in physical activity and change in cognitive function: Coordinated analyses of four longitudinal studiesJournal of Aging Research, Sep 16, 1-12 (PMC3457643).

Madhyastha, T., Borghesani, P., Aylward, E., Cherrier, M., Askren, M., Grabowski, T., et al (2012) Effect of APOE e4 allele on longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in normal aging. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Supplement, 8, 4.

Mitchell, M. B., Cimino, C. R., Benitez, A., Brown, C. L., Gibbons, L. E., Kennison, R. F., Shirk, S. D., Atri, A., Robitaille, A., MacDonald, S. W. S., Lindwall, M., Zelinski, E. M., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Johansson, B., Dixon, R. A., Mungas, D. M., Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2012)Cognitively stimulating activities: Effects on cognition across four studies with up to 21 years of longitudinal data. Journal of Aging Research, 2012, 1-12.

Zanjani, F., Cardi, M., Schaie, K. W. & Wilis, S. L., (2012). Health Behavior factors across age as predictors of cardiovascular disease diagnosis.​ ​Journal of Aging and Health, 10, 1-12.

2013

​Borghesani, P. R., Madhyastha, T. M., Aylward, E.H., Reiter, M. A., Swarny, B. R., Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (2013). The association between higher order abilities, processing speek, and age are variably mediated by white matter integrity during typical aging. Neuropsychologia, 51, 1435-44 (PMID 23507612).

Cherrier, M. M., Anderson, K., David, D., Higano, C., Gray, H., Church, A., Willis, S. L., (2013). A randomized trial of cognitive rehabilitation in cancer survivors: A preliminary study [Electronic version]​. Life Sciences, 5 Sept, 2013.

Rebok, G., Ball, K., Guey, L., JonesR., Kim, H. Y., King, J., Marsiske, J., Morris, J. N., Tennstedt, S., Unverzagt, F., & Willis, S. L. (2013).&nbspTen-year effecs of the ACTIVE cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults.J of the American Geriatrics Society, 25, 3S-20S (PMID 24417410)

Snigda, S., Milgram, N. W., Willis, S. L., Albert, M., Weintraub, S., Fortin, N. J., & Cotman, C. W. (2013). A preclinical cognitive test battery to parallel the National institute of Health Toolbox in humans: bridging the translational gap.​ ​Neurobiology of Aging, 34, ​1891-1901 (PMID 23434040).

Willis, S. L. & Caskie, G. I. L. (2013). Reasoning training in the ACTIVE study: How much is needed and who benefits?​ Journal of Aging and Health, 25, 43S-64S.

Zanjani, F., Downer, B. G., Kruger, T. M., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (2013). Alcohol effects on cognitive change in middle aged and older adults. Aging & Mental Health​, Aging and Mental Health,17, 12-23 (PMC3561493)

2014

Vellas, B., Carrie, I., Gillette-Guyonnet, Touchon, J., Dantoine, T., Dartigues, J. F., et al. (2014)​. MAPT study: A multidomain approach for preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: Design and baseline data.​ ​The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, 1, 13-22.

Chaovalitwongse, W. A., Won, D., Seref, O., Borghesani, P. R., Askren, M. K., Willis, S. L., et al. (2014). Network optimization of functional connectivity within default mode network regions to detect cognitive decline.​ IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1-10, 2014.

In Press

2014

deFrias, C., Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (in press). Hypertensions moderate the effects of APOE on 21-year cognitive trajectories. Psychology and Aging.

Willis, S. L. (in press). Aging overview. In M. J. Aminoff & R. D. Daroff (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences (2nd ed.).Oxford Elsevier.

Parisi, J. M., Franchetti, M. K., Rebok, G. W., Spira, A. P., Calrson, M. C., Willis, S. L., & Gross, A. L. (in press). Depressive symptoms and inductive reasoning performance: Findings from the ACTIVE reasoning training intervention. Psychology and Aging.

2015

Hülür, G., Ram, N., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W. & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Cognitive dedifferentiation with increasing age and proximity of death: Within-person evidence from the Seattle Longidutinal Study. Psychology and Aging. doi: 10. 1037/a0039260

2017

Chaovalitwongse, W. A., Won, D., Seref, O., Borghesani, P. R., Askren, M. K., Willis, S. L., Grabowski, T., et al. (2017). Network optimization of functional connectivity within default mode network regions to detect cognitive decline.​ IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1-10, 2017.​