Silvia Mejia-Arango

Biographic Data

ID4080376
NAMESilvia Mejia-Arango
GIVEN NAMESSilvia
FAMILY NAMEMejia-Arango
SIGNATUREMEJIA-ARANGO S
AFFILIATIONSEl Colegio de la Frontera Norte
ORCID0000-0002-6416-1159
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Impacts of imageability of architecture on brain health

    Open AccessCristian A Maestre, Shana Garza et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2025

    Imageability is a component of urban design and planning that has been recognized for its potential to enhance people's perceptual and emotional engagement with their environment. Nevertheless, evidence supporting specific strategies and its mpacts on brain health is still unclear. This systematic review aimed to characterize and summarize the evidence on the importance of imageability of architecture for brain cognitive and psychological health.…

  • Recommended best practices for construct-centered adaptation of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol

    Open AccessEmily M Briceño, Darina T Bassil et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2025

    The HCAP neuropsychological assessment approach has unique considerations for adaptation that balance the needs of local validity with cross-national harmonization. Shared best practices for HCAP adaptation will improve the quality of cross-national HCAP data collection, data harmonization, analyses, and inferences. The HCAP is a useful model for cross-nationally harmonized data collection and research to improve our understanding of cognitive ag…

  • Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the Mexican population

    Open AccessSilvia Mejia-Arango, Miguel Arce Rentería et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2025

    Leveraging the nationally-representative and comprehensive cognitive data in Mex-Cog, an algorithm-derived classification of dementia and MCI provided the prevalence of dementia and MCI in Mexico. Besides the association with cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease, the effect of education, rural residence, and lack of health insurance suggests an unequal burden of MCI and dementia among the aging Mexican population

  • The Influence of Education and Occupation Type on Birth Cohort Differences in Cognitive Function of Mexican Older Adults

    Open AccessMariela Gútierrez, Morten Wahrendorf et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2023Cited by: 1References: 4

    Cognitive functioning is higher among more recent birth cohorts of older adults in Mexico. These cohort differences are partially mediated by education but not main lifetime occupation. Additional factors may contribute to cohort differences in cognitive function for older adults in Mexico

  • Gender, Personality, and Cognitive Resilience Against Early-Life Disadvantage

    Open AccessJoseph Saenz, Sadaf Arefi Milani et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2023References: 2

    Personality factors may convey resilience among individuals who experienced ELD, potentially breaking the link between ELD and worse late-life cognition. Structural factors and gender roles may affect how much women benefit from personality factors

  • Socioeconomic Disparities and Gender Inequalities in Dementia

    Open AccessSilvia Mejia-Arango, Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2021Cited by: 1References: 43

  • The Effect of Diabetes on the Cognitive Trajectory of Older Adults in Mexico and the United States

    Open AccessJaqueline Avila, Silvia Mejia-Arango et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2020Cited by: 3

    Despite the overall lower cognition in Mexico and different socioeconomic characteristics, the impact of diabetes on cognitive decline and the main risk and protective factors for poor cognition are similar in both countries

  • Una propuesta de complementariedad entre los estudios de migración y psicoanalíticos en salud mental

    Open AccessÁngel Luna, Silvia Mejia-ArangoARTICLEESTUDIOS FRONTERIZOS2019

    El objetivo de este artículo es discutir los fundamentos epistemológicos de los estudios psicoanalíticos y su posibilidad de complementariedad con los estudios de migración basados en la sociología. La metodología utilizada fue la revisión de producción teórica sobre el tema de epistemología en psicoanálisis y la tradición de investigación en sociología, así como sobre estudios de migración enfocados en salud mental. Entre los resultados, se enco…

  • Common Mental Disorders at the Time of Deportation

    Open AccessIetza Bojorquez, Rosa María Aguilera et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014

  • Prevalence and Incidence Rates of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment No Dementia in the Mexican Population

    Open AccessSilvia Mejia-Arango, Luis M GutiérrezARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2011Cited by: 8References: 1

    These data provide estimates of prevalence and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment in the Mexican population for projection of future burden

  • Factores asociados con la dependencia funcional en los adultos mayores

    Open AccessGuadalupe Dorantes-Mendoza, José Alberto Ávila‐Funes et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2007

    Functional dependence in older adults is directly related to aging and has multiple determinants. Awareness of these determinants should help design health programs that can identify individuals who are at high risk of losing their independence, and implement interventions for slowing or reversing the process

  • Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Impairment Among Mexicans and Spanish-Speaking Immigrant’s Elders

    Open AccessSilvia Mejía, Silvia Mejia-Arango et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2006Cited by: 1References: 5

    Mexicans and Spanish-speaking USA immigrants have similar prevalence estimates of cognitive impairment. However, prevalence of functional impairment differs between Mexicans and immigrants because of measurement issues and cultural factors