Zelinski also has joint appointments in the Psychology Department, Neurosciences and the Study of Women and Men in Society (SWMS) Programs.
Correlates of memory ratings include age, memory performance, depression, health ratings, education, and personality, and these findings translate across my comprehensive longitudinal study of aging (the Long Beach Longitudinal Study) and a nationally representative sample of older adults.
Changes in ratings up to 19 years after baseline measurement are modestly associated with increasing age as well as declining objective performance.
This is important for alleviating older peoples’ concerns about declines, but may help them to remain independent longer, a major goal of reducing the economic and psychological costs of care for an aging population.
She has given many interviews on the subject of cognitive training and gerontechnology, including the popular video game Brain Age.