@article {8184,
	title = {Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: (In)Accuracy of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance.},
	journal = {J Popul Ageing},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2015},
	month = {2015 Mar 01},
	pages = {71-99},
	publisher = {8},
	abstract = {<p>Little is known about subjective assessments of memory abilities and decline among middle-aged adults or their association with objective memory performance in the general population. In this study we examined self-ratings of memory ability and change in relation to episodic memory performance in two national samples of middle-aged and older adults from the Midlife in the United States study (MIDUS II in 2005-06) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; every two years from 2002 to 2012). MIDUS (Study 1) participants (N=3,581) rated their memory compared to others their age and to themselves five years ago; HRS (Study 2) participants (N=14,821) rated their current memory and their memory compared to two years ago, with up to six occasions of longitudinal data over ten years. In both studies, episodic memory performance was the total number of words recalled in immediate and delayed conditions. When controlling for demographic and health correlates, self-ratings of memory abilities, but not subjective change, were related to performance. We examined accuracy by comparing subjective and objective memory ability and change. More than one third of the participants across the studies had self-assessments that were inaccurate relative to their actual level of performance and change, and accuracy differed as a function of demographic and health factors. Further understanding of self-awareness of memory abilities and change beginning in midlife may be useful for identifying early warning signs of decline, with implications regarding policies and practice for early detection and treatment of cognitive impairment.</p>},
	issn = {1874-7884},
	doi = {10.1007/s12062-014-9108-5},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12062-014-9108-5},
	author = {Elizabeth A. Hahn Rickenbach and Agrigoroaei, Stefan and Margie E Lachman}
}
@article {8320,
	title = {Job strain and trajectories of change in episodic memory before and after retirement: results from the Health and Retirement Study},
	journal = {Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health},
	volume = {69},
	year = {2015},
	note = {Times Cited: 0 0},
	pages = {442-446},
	publisher = {69},
	abstract = {Background: We examined indicators of job strain in relation to level and change in episodic memory in the years leading up to as well as following retirement.  Methods: Our analyses centre on 3779 individuals from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study (baseline age 57.3 years) who reported gainful employment in an occupation for 10  years prior to retirement, and who were assessed for episodic memory performance over up to 20 years (median 8 waves over 16 years). We used ratings from the Occupational Information Network (O Net) to score occupations for job control and job demands, and to measure job strain (job demands/job control).  Results: Controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular disease, less job control and greater job strain were not significantly associated with change in episodic memory in the period leading up to retirement, but were associated with significantly poorer episodic memory at retirement and an accelerated rate of decline in episodic memory following retirement. The results did not vary for men and women or by self-employment status.  Conclusions: Job strain expressed mainly as low job control is linked to poorer episodic memory at retirement and more decline after retirement. Job characteristics appear to have implications for cognitive ageing independent of relevant confounds.},
	keywords = {Employment and Labor Force, Health Conditions and Status},
	doi = {10.1136/jech-2014-204754},
	author = {Andel, Ross and Frank J Infurna and Elizabeth A. Hahn Rickenbach and Crowe, Michael and Lisa A Marchiondo and Gwenith G Fisher}
}
