Michael Crowe

Michael Crowe
Professor

Scientist (C), Comprehensive Diabetes Center , School of Medicine
Scientist (C), Integrative Center for Aging Research , School of Medicine
Senior Scientist (C), Minority Health & Research Center , General Clinical Research Center
Scientist (C), Comprehensive Neuroscience Center , General Clinical Research Center
Scientist (C), Alzheimer's Disease Center , Neurology
Scientist (C), Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute , Neurology
Scientist (C), Civitan International Research Center , Academic Joint Departments
Professor (S), Neurobiology , Academic Joint Departments
Professor (P), Psychology , College of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Dr. Crowe is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialization in geropsychology and neuropsychology. His research is centered on cognitive and mental health during older adulthood, with an emphasis on modifiable risk and protective factors for cognitive decline and dementia. Dr. Crowe has led a number of investigations focused on cognitive aging outcomes in relation to factors such as leisure activity and environmental complexity, indicators of stress, quantity and quality of education, and health conditions such as diabetes. In much of his recent work, he has focused on cognitive and mental health outcomes in populations with known health disparities, older African American and Hispanic adults. He is currently the Principal Investigator for a five-year project in Puerto Rico (https://sites.uab.edu/prehco/) and Dr. Crowe is also an investigator for two large national studies of aging and health that are based at UAB: REGARDS (https://www.uab.edu/soph/regardsstudy/about), and CARDIA (https://www.cardia.dopm.uab.edu/). He is a co-leader for the Research Education Core of the Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and serves as Director for the undergraduate Psychology Honors Program at UAB.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2023	Severity and correlates of brain fog in people with traumatic brain injury. Research in Nursing and Health. 46:136-147. 2023
2023	Healthcare utilization among pre-frail and frail Puerto Ricans. PLoS One. 18. 2023
2023	Longitudinal associations of anticholinergic medications on cognition and possible mitigating role of physical activity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2023
2022	Evaluating Social Determinants of Health Domains and Their Predictive Validity Within Black/African American and White Older Adults From the Active Trial.. Journal of Aging and Health. 8982643221111205. 2022
2022	Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet. Healthy Longevity. 3:e740-e753. 2022
2022	Increasing Pain Interference is Associated with Cognitive Decline over Four Years among Older Puerto Rican Adults. 2022
2022	Neuropsychological Functioning in Primary Dystonia: Updated and Expanded Multidomain Meta-Analysis. Movement Disorders. 37:1483-1494. 2022
2022	Effect of intensive blood pressure control on subtypes of mild cognitive impairment and risk of progression from SPRINT study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:1384-1393. 2022
2022	Color disparities in cognitive aging among Puerto Ricans on the archipelago 2022
2022	Associations between social determinants of health and 10-year change in everyday functioning within Black/African American and White older adults enrolled in ACTIVE 2022
2022	Correlates of subjective and objective everyday functioning in middle-aged and older adults with human immunodeficiency virus. Applied neuropsychology. Adult. 2022
2022	Pain associates with subjective memory problems and cognition in older Puerto Rican adults 2022
2021	The Association of Persistent Low Back Pain With Older Adult Falls and Collisions: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 40:1455-1464. 2021
2021	Cognitive Processing Speed Is Strongly Related to Driving Skills, Financial Abilities, and Other Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia 2021
2021	Job strain and trajectories of cognitive change before and after retirement 2021
2021	Correlates of deep brain stimulation consensus conference decision to treat primary dystonia. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 207. 2021
2021	Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Stroke in a National Cohort of Black and White Participants From REGARDS.. Neurology: Clinical Practice. 11:e454-e461. 2021
2021	Job Strain and Late-Life Cognition: Findings From the Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions Study. Journal of Aging and Health. 33:273-284. 2021
2021	The relationship of cognitive change over time to the self-reported ascertain dementia 8-item questionnaire in a general population. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 36:243-252. 2021
2021	Association between personality and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Applied neuropsychology. Adult. 2021
2021	Neuropsychological correlates of anosognosia for objective functional difficulties in older adults on the mild cognitive impairment spectrum. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 35:365-376. 2021
2021	Quality of Education and Late-Life Cognitive Function in a Population-Based Sample From Puerto Rico. Innovation in Aging. 5. 2021
2020	Effects of intensive versus standard blood pressure control on domain-specific cognitive function: a substudy of the SPRINT randomised controlled trial. Lancet Neurology. 19:899-907. 2020
2020	Does parity matter in women's risk of dementia? A COSMIC collaboration cohort study. BMC Medicine. 18. 2020
2020	Lifting cognition: a meta-analysis of effects of resistance exercise on cognition 2020
2020	Effects of speed of processing training and transcranial direct current stimulation on global sleep quality and speed of processing in older adults with and without HIV: A pilot study. Applied neuropsychology. Adult. 27:267-278. 2020
2020	An examination of the neurocognitive profile and base rate of performance impairment in primary dystonia. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 74:1-5. 2020
2020	The relationship of longitudinal cognitive change to self-reported IADL in a general population 2020
2020	State school policies as predictors of physical and mental health: A natural experiment in the REGARDS Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology. 189:384-393. 2020
2020	The Role of Perceived Discrimination and Other Psychosocial Factors in Explaining Diabetes Distress Among Older African American and White Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 39:99-104. 2020
2019	Life course biopsychosocial effects of retrospective childhood social support and later-life cognition. Psychology and Aging. 34:867-883. 2019
2019	The Role of Occupation in Explaining Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: Education and Occupational Complexity in a U.S. National Sample of Black and White Men and Women 2019
2019	Association of intensive vs standard blood pressure control with cerebral white matter lesions. Journal of the American Medical Association. 322:524-534. 2019
2019	Complexity ofwork and incident cognitive impairment in Puerto Rican older adults 2019
2019	Verbal fluency in a national sample: Telephone administration methods. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 34:578-587. 2019
2019	Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 321:553-561. 2019
2018	Associations of Multimorbid Medical Conditions and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older African American Men 2018
2018	Meta-analysis of cognitive performance in fibromyalgia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 40:698-714. 2018
2018	The Role of Cognitive Reserve in Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 33:E18-E27. 2018
2017	Association of multiple chronic conditions and pain among older black and white adults with diabetes mellitus. BMC Geriatrics. 17. 2017
2017	Aging and Disability among Hispanics in the United States: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Innovation in Aging. 1. 2017
2017	Influence of Type II Diabetes and High Depressive Symptoms on the Likelihood for Developing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Disability and Mortality in Older Puerto Ricans. Journal of Aging and Health. 29:1079-1095. 2017
2017	The association between cognitive decline and incident depressive symptoms in a sample of older Puerto Rican adults with diabetes. International Psychogeriatrics. 29:1317-1325. 2017
2017	Mild Cognitive Impairment and Changes in Everyday Function over Time: The Importance of Evaluating Both Speed and Accuracy. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 30:220-227. 2017
2017	The wechsler test of adult reading as a measure of premorbid intelligence following traumatic brain injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 32:98-103. 2017
2016	Stroke Symptoms with Absence of Recognized Stroke Are Associated with Cognitive Impairment and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 29:142-148. 2016
2016	Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2016. 2016
2015	The Physiological Mechanisms of Diabetes and Aging on Brain Health and Cognition: Implications for Nursing Practice and Research. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 47:E12-E22. 2015
2015	An examination of lower extremity function and its correlates in older African American and white men 2015
2015	Associations of social support and self-efficacy with quality of life in older adults with diabetes. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 41:21-29. 2015
2015	Job strain and trajectories of change in episodic memory before and after retirement: Results from the health and retirement study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 69:442-446. 2015
2014	Comparison of in-person and telephone administration of the mini-mental state examination in the University of Alabama at Birmingham study of aging. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62:1928-1932. 2014
2014	Performance of the NINDS-CSN 5-Minute protocol in a national population-based sample. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 20:856-867. 2014
2014	Cognitive Functioning in Adults Aging with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Cognitive Subtypes and Influential Factors.. Journal of Clinical Research in HIV AIDS and Prevention.. 1:155-169. 2014
2013	Effect of duration and age at exposure to the Stroke Belt on incident stroke in adulthood. Neurology. 80:1655-1661. 2013
2013	Indicators of childhood quality of education in relation to cognitive function in older adulthood 2013
2013	Caregiving strain and all-cause mortality: Evidence from the REGARDS study 2013
2013	Identification of mild cognitive impairment in ACTIVE: Algorithmic classification and stability. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 19:73-87. 2013
2012	The relationship between cognitive function and life space: The potential role of personal control beliefs. Psychology and Aging. 27:364-374. 2012
2012	The impact of inflammation on cognitive function in older adults: Implications for healthcare practice and research. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 44:206-217. 2012
2012	ACTIVE cognitive training and rates of incident dementia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 18:669-677. 2012
2012	Work-related stress may increase the risk of vascular dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60:60-67. 2012
2011	Cognitive and everyday functioning in older and younger adults with and without HIV 2011
2011	Modeling Change in Memory Performance and Memory Perceptions: Findings from the ACTIVE Study. Psychology and Aging. 26:518-524. 2011
2011	Incident cognitive impairment is elevated in the stroke belt: The REGARDS Study. Annals of Neurology. 70:229-236. 2011
2011	The impact of feedback on self-rated driving ability and driving self-regulation among older adults. Gerontologist. 51:367-378. 2011
2011	Indicators of job strain at midlife and cognitive functioning in advanced old age 2011
2010	Changes in mobility among older adults with psychometrically defined mild cognitive impairment 2010
2010	Diabetes and Cognitive Decline: Investigating the Potential Influence of Factors Related to Health Disparities. Journal of Aging and Health. 22:292-306. 2010
2010	Normative performance on an executive clock drawing task (CLOX) in a community-dwelling sample of older adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 25:610-617. 2010
2010	Work-related exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and dementia: Results from the population-based study of dementia in swedish twins 2010
2009	Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: An investigation of driving performance. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 22:87-94. 2009
2009	Personality and lifestyle in relation to dementia incidence. Neurology. 72:253-259. 2009
2008	The relationship of memory, reasoning, and speed of processing on falling among older adults 2008
2008	Dissociations in visual attention deficits among persons with mild cognitive impairment 2008
2008	Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: evidence of reduced speed in performing instrumental activities of daily living.. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 16:416-424. 2008
2008	Visual attention and self-regulation of driving among older adults. International Psychogeriatrics. 20:162-173. 2008
2008	Education and reading ability in relation to differences in cognitive screening between African American and Caucasian older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 23:222-223. 2008
2008	Life-space and cognitive decline in a community-based sample of African American and Caucasian older adults 2008
2008	Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: Evidence of reduced speed in performing instrumental activities of daily living. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 16:416-424. 2008
2008	Physical exercise at midlife and risk of dementia three decades later: A population-based study of Swedish twins 2008
2007	Self-Regulation of Driving in the Context of Impaired Visual Attention: Are There Gender Differences?. Rehabilitation Psychology. 52:421-428. 2007
2007	Changes in everyday function in individuals with psychometrically defined mild cognitive impairment in the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55:1192-1198. 2007
2007	Do work-related stress and reactivity to stress predict dementia more than 30 years later?. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 21:205-209. 2007
2007	Accounting for the relationship between low education and dementia: A twin study. Physiology and Behavior. 92:232-237. 2007
2006	Subjective cognitive function and decline among older adults with psychometrically defined amnestic MCI. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 21:1187-1192. 2006
2006	A proposed model of neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve in older adults 2006
2006	Personality and risk of cognitive impairment 25 years later. Psychology and Aging. 21:573-580. 2006
2006	The useful field of view test: Normative data for older adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 21:275-286. 2006
2005	Strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Aging Health. 1:107-116. 2005
2005	Complexity of work and risk of Alzheimer's disease: A population-based study of Swedish twins 2005
2003	Does participation in leisure activities lead to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease? A prospective study of Swedish twins 2003
2000	Defining discordance in twin studies of risk and protective factors for late life disorders. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 3:159-164. 2000
1991	Alzheimerʼs Disease. Southern Medical Journal. 84. 1991

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2018	Population aging and health in Puerto Rico. 7-17. 2018
2002	Promoting mental health in later life. 272-297. 2002
1991	Alzheimer's disease. 1991

Research Overview

Dr. Crowe’s research expertise is in the area of cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of dementia in older adults. He has authored a number of publications on how potentially modifiable factors such as environmental complexity, stress, and health may play a role in cognitive aging. His other areas of research include mental health in older adults, and health disparities with aging. In recent work, Dr. Crowe has been conducting research on aging in Puerto Rico (https://sites.uab.edu/prehco/).

Please visit Dr. Crowe’s Google Scholar page to learn more about his research.

Gerontology, Cognitive Aging and Dementia, Clinical Psychology, Psychology of Aging