Neighborhood quality

6 papers3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 1 country
1 finding against

Humans6

Outcomes

Cognitive function

no changein humans1

1 study

Neighborhood quality has no effect on cognitive function in humans.
“No significant associations were observed between positive and negative neighborhood characteristics and cognitive function.”
Humans7-dayn = 229
Daily Associations of Neighborhood Quality and Cognitive Function
GSA 2025 abstract31 Dec 2025

Associations

Cognitive function

upin humans2

2 studies

Neighborhood quality is associated with cognitive function in humans.
“Concurrent associations between better neighborhood quality and better cognitive function (EF, EM) were amplified among those with lower interpersonal stressor control.”
Humansamong those with lower interpersonal stressor control56.65% Femalesn = 1,651
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION ARE MODERATED BY INTERPERSONAL STRESSOR CONTROL
GSA 2024 abstract31 Dec 2024
Neighborhood quality is associated with cognitive function in humans.
“better neighborhood quality at the community-level is linked to better cognitive functioning”
Review
INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY FACTORS THAT SHAPE COGNITIVE AGING: AN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH
GSA 2024 abstract31 Dec 2024