Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age
Abstract It is now well established that vascular aging is a significant predictor of cognitive decline in older age. But what remains less clear is the role that vascular health plays in social cognitive aging. Therefore, we aimed to provide the first test of the relationship between arterial stiff...
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| author | Sarah A. Grainger Tom G. Bailey Natalie K. Vear Jessica K. Mead Xanthia E. Bourdaniotis Jeff S. Coombes Jenna L. Taylor |
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| description | Abstract It is now well established that vascular aging is a significant predictor of cognitive decline in older age. But what remains less clear is the role that vascular health plays in social cognitive aging. Therefore, we aimed to provide the first test of the relationship between arterial stiffness and theory of mind (ToM) in late adulthood. In a sample of 50 healthy older adults (Age: M = 70.08, SD = 3.93), we measured arterial stiffness via carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and social cognition using two well validated measures of ToM (RMET, TASIT). The results revealed that arterial stiffness was a significant predictor of ToM performance when indexed via the RMET and the TASIT, accounting for 11% and 9% of unique variance in scores, respectively. These findings add to the broader literature showing that arterial stiffness is a key predictor of cognitive aging and show that this relationship extends to the domain of social cognition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e063526a1f8b40e68b2d54ef4e4e8db72025-01-26T12:28:34ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-011511710.1038/s41598-025-86423-yIncreased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older ageSarah A. Grainger0Tom G. Bailey1Natalie K. Vear2Jessica K. Mead3Xanthia E. Bourdaniotis4Jeff S. Coombes5Jenna L. Taylor6School of Psychology, The University of QueenslandSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of QueenslandSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of QueenslandSchool of Psychology, The University of QueenslandSchool of Psychology, The University of QueenslandSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of QueenslandSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of QueenslandAbstract It is now well established that vascular aging is a significant predictor of cognitive decline in older age. But what remains less clear is the role that vascular health plays in social cognitive aging. Therefore, we aimed to provide the first test of the relationship between arterial stiffness and theory of mind (ToM) in late adulthood. In a sample of 50 healthy older adults (Age: M = 70.08, SD = 3.93), we measured arterial stiffness via carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and social cognition using two well validated measures of ToM (RMET, TASIT). The results revealed that arterial stiffness was a significant predictor of ToM performance when indexed via the RMET and the TASIT, accounting for 11% and 9% of unique variance in scores, respectively. These findings add to the broader literature showing that arterial stiffness is a key predictor of cognitive aging and show that this relationship extends to the domain of social cognition.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86423-yTheory of mindVascular agingArterial stiffnessPulse wave velocity |
| spellingShingle | Sarah A. Grainger Tom G. Bailey Natalie K. Vear Jessica K. Mead Xanthia E. Bourdaniotis Jeff S. Coombes Jenna L. Taylor Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age Scientific Reports Theory of mind Vascular aging Arterial stiffness Pulse wave velocity |
| title | Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| title_full | Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| title_fullStr | Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| title_short | Increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| title_sort | increased arterial stiffness is associated with poorer social cognition in older age |
| topic | Theory of mind Vascular aging Arterial stiffness Pulse wave velocity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86423-y |
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