Overview
Description
The Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development & cognitive aging (CATSLife) aims are to: conduct a genetically sensitive study of individual differences in behavioral and cognitive change at the cusp of middle adulthood, in participants from the Colorado Adoption Project (CAP) and Longitudinal Twin Study (LTS) studied almost yearly from birth to early adulthood; map individual differences in growth and maintenance of cognitive abilities; evaluate and trace measured physical factors and health behaviors, biochemical markers and measured genetic pathways important to sustaining cognitive performance; and track measured environmental factors that might decrease, sustain or boost cognitive performance. (R01 AG046938 co-PI’s: Reynolds (contact), Wadsworth).
This data release includes from 1,062 respondents from the Longitudinal Twin Study (LTS) subsample who provided consent to share data and who completed cognitive assessments at one or more of the following assessments (early infancy (7 to 9 months), year 1-2 (14, 20, 24 months), year 3, year 7, year 16, or CATSLife wave 1 (mean year 29). All variables analyzed in the following paper are included [PMCID: PMC12130889], including polygenic scores for subjects who were genotyped.
Available Filesets
| Name | Accession | Latest Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATSlife: Stability of Cognitive Ability | fsa000161 | NG00187 | Polygenic and Cognitive Assessment Scores |
View the File Manifest for a full list of files released in this dataset.