Research shows ‘strong association’ between cognitive performance in childhood and later life
New research supported by DPUK has shown that the performance of eight-year-olds on a test of thinking skills may be a predictor of how they will perform on tests of thinking and memory skills when they are 70.
Read moreFirst participant arrives for screening as part of Deep and Frequent Phenotyping study
Researchers in Oxford have begun screening participants in DPUK’s Deep and Frequent Phenotyping (DFP) study – the world’s most detailed study into early Alzheimer’s disease.
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