Emily S. Sharp
Yale University
4 Papers
7 Citations
Emily S. Sharp is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Big Five personality traits & Openness to experience. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
Chat about Author
Papers
Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies
Eileen K Graham,Joshua Rutsohn,Nicholas A. Turiano,Rebecca Bendayan,Philip J. Batterham,Denis Gerstorf,Mindy J. Katz,Chandra A. Reynolds,Emily S. Sharp,Tomiko Yoneda,Emily D. Bastarache,Lorien G. Elleman,Elizabeth M. Zelinski,Boo Johansson,Diana Kuh,Lisa L. Barnes,David A. Bennett,Dorly J. H. Deeg,Richard B. Lipton,Nancy L. Pedersen,Andrea M. Piccinin,Avron Spiro,Avron Spiro,Graciela Muniz-Terrera,Sherry L. Willis,K. Warner Schaie,Carol L. Roan,Pamela Herd,Scott M. Hofer,Daniel K. Mroczek +29 more
TL;DR: It was found that high neuroticism and low conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness were consistent predictors of mortality across studies, and smoking had a small mediating effect for neuroticism.
187
Openness declines in advance of death in late adulthood.
TL;DR: It is suggested that declines in openness may reflect a change in goal orientation due to the experience of a shortened time horizon, leading to an optimized selection of experiences as people approach the end of life.
6
Synaptic density is associated with cognitive performance in early Alzheimer's disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J
Emily S. Sharp,Ryan S. O'Dell,Emmie R. Banks,Hugh H. Bartlett,Ming-Kai Chen,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Joanna E. Harris,Gessica S. Ni,Wenzhen Zhao,Nabeel Nabulsi,Brent C. Vander Wyk,Yiyun Huang,Amy F.T. Arnsten,Richard E. Carson,Adam P. Mecca,Christopher H. van Dyck +16 more
TL;DR: The relationship between synaptic density and cognitive performance in early AD is examined using [11C]UCB-J PET and an extensive neuropsychological test battery and synaptic density was a significant predictor of performance in all five cognitive domains.
2
Effects of Normative Adjustments to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
Erika A Pugh,Emily C Kemp,Christopher H. van Dyck,Adam P. Mecca,Emily S. Sharp,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative +5 more
TL;DR: Optimal cutoffs to detect MCI and AD-dementia may vary in different populations, and further study is needed to determine appropriate use of the MoCA as a screening tool.