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Publications Timeline

Timeline

List

2025

  • Hytman, L.,* Amestoy, M., Ueberholz, R.,* & Fiocco, A.J. (2025) A systematic review of cultural modifications to mindfulness-based interventions. Mindfulness. In press.
  • Obomsawin, A.,* Muir, L., Fiocco, A.J. (2025) Understanding Sources of Suffering and Pathways to Healing in Mi’kmaq Populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(2). In press.

2024

  • Millett, G.*, Franco, G.*, & Fiocco, A.J. (2024). Understanding the social and leisure needs of lonely and socially isolated older adults living in residential care: A qualitative study. Aging and Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2258828
  • D’Amico, D.,* Alter, U., Laurin, D., Ferland, G., & Fiocco, A.J. (2024). Healthy lifestyle as a moderator of the relationship between psychological distress and cognitive decline among older adults in the NuAge study. Gerontology. Accepted
  • D’Amico, D.*, Amestoy, M.E., Fiocco, A.J. (2024). Psychological stress across the lifespan and cognitive function among older adults: The moderating role of a healthy lifestyle. Canadian Journal on Aging. doi: 10.1017/S071498082300079X. [Online ahead of print]
  • Millett, G.*, Franco, G.*, & Fiocco, A.J. (2024). A mixed methods feasibility study of a virtual group-based social support program for older adults in residential care. Aging & Mental Health. Accepted.
  • Huang, V. & Fiocco, A.J. (2024). Filial piety discrepancy and well-being among older Chinese immigrants living in Canada: The role of acculturation and living arrangement. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 9(3), 042. doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2403042
  • Marshall, M.,* Peck, K., Hunter, R.,* Totosy de Zepetnek, J., & Fiocco, A.J. (2024). Revisiting Eysenck: Examining the association between personality and stress reactivity. MDPI Behavioural Sciences. 14, 1098. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14111098

2023

  • Koblinsky, N.D., Carmichael, P-H., Belleville, S., Fiocco, A.J, Gaudreau, P., Greenwood, C., Kergoat, M-G., Morais, J., Presse, N., Laurin, D., & Ferland, G. (2023) Associations between cardiovascular disease risk factors and cognitive performance in health older adults from the NutCog study. Frontiers in Aging: Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior. 15. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1274794l
  • D’Amico, D.,* Alter, U., & Fiocco, A.J. (2023) Cumulative stress exposure and cognitive function among older adults: The moderating role of a healthy lifestyle. Journals of Gerontology: Series B. Accepted. 10.1093/geronb/gbad116
  • Amestoy, M. E.*, D’Amico, D.*, & Fiocco, A. J. (2023). Neuroticism and stress in older adults: The buffering role of self-esteem. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(12), 6102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126102
  • Trinca, V., Anderson, N.D., Fiocco, A.J., Ferland, G., Laurin, D., Keller, H.H. (2023). Nutrition risk independent of body mass index is associated with cognitive performance in community-living older adults without cognitive impairment: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 48(12),896-906, doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0211

2022

  • Millett, G.*, Franco, G.*, & Fiocco, A.J. (2022). A qualitative study of the usability and likeability of a virtual group-based social support program for older adults in residential care. Clinical Gerontologist. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2022.2157357
  • Fiocco, A.J. & Hytman, L.* (2022) Preliminary Evidence for Lasting Benefits Following Mindfulness Training Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Neurodegenerative Disease. Mindfulness. doi:10.1007/s12671-022-02005-3
  • Fiocco, A.J. (2022) Stress Across the Lifespan in Canada: From Risk to Management. Conference Report. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 11015. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711015.
  • Obomsawin, A.*, D’Amico, D*., Fiocco, A.J. (2022) The Association Between Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Allostatic Load in Older Adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 114, 105840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105840
  • Ueberholz, R.Y.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2022). The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? Mindfulness, 13, 1757–1768. doi:10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8
  • D’Amico, D.*, Amestoy, M.E.*, Fiocco, A.J. (2022). The Mediating Role of Allostatic Load in the Relationship Between Early Life Adversity and Cognitive Function Across the Adult Lifespan. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141, 105761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105761
  • Duchaine, C.S., Fiocco, A.J., Carmichae, P-H., Cunnane, S.C., Plourde, M., Lampuré, A., Allès, B., Belleville, S., Gaudreau, P., Presse, N., Ferland, G. Laurin, D. (2022) Serum Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cognitive Domains in Community-Dwelling Older Adults from the NuAge Study: Exploring the Associations With Other Fatty Acids and Sex. Journal of Nutrition, 152(9):2117-2124. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac110.

2021

  • Millett, G.,* & Fiocco, A.J. (2021). A pilot study implementing the JAVA Music Club in residential care: Impact on cognition and psychosocial health. Aging and Mental Health, 25(10), 1848-1856. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1758919
  • Peck, K.,* Totosy de Zepetnek, J., Fiocco, A.J. (2021). Music listening does not inoculate the stress response in young and older adults. International Journal of Stress Management, 28(2), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000217
  • Parrott, M.D.*, Carmichael, P-H, Laurin, D., Greenwood, C.E., Anderson, N.D., Ferland, G., Gaudreau, P., Belleville, S., Morais, J., Kergoat, M-J., Fiocco, A.J. (2021). The association between dietary pattern adherence, cognitive stimulating lifestyle, and cognitive function among older adults from the Québec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging (NuAge). Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(3), 444-450. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa178
  • D’Amico, D.*, Huang, V.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2021). Examining the moderating role of a Mediterranean diet in the relationship between perceived stress and cognitive function in older adults. Journal of Gerontology Series B. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa030
  • Fiocco, A.J., Millett, G.*, D’Amico,D.*, Krieger, L.*, Sivashankar,Y.*, Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Lachman, R. (2021). Virtual tourism for older adults living in residential care: A mixed-methods study. PLOSOne, 16(5): e0250761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250761
  • Xu, H., Fiocco, A.J., Liu, A., Wang, T., Li, G., Xiao, S. (2021). The association between tea consumption and cognition in cognitive healthy older adults and older adults with mild cognitive impairment: Findings from the Shanghai Brain Aging Study. General Psychiatry, 34(4), e100512.
  • Millett, G.*, D’Amico, D.*, Amestoy, M.*, Gryspeerdt, C.*, & Fiocco, A.J. (2021). Examining the Benefits of Group-Based Mindfulness Meditation Programs for Executive Functioning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Consciousness and Cognition. 95(1), 103195 .
  • Amestoy, M.E.,* & Fiocco, A.J. (2021). The Moderating Role of Emotional Eating in the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Undergraduate Students. Journal of Student Research. 10(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v10i3.1281
  • Fiocco, A.J., Gryspeerdt, C.*, Franco, G.* (2021). Stress and Adjustment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experience of Canadian Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 12922. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412922.

2020

  • Huang, V.*, & Fiocco, A.J. (2020) Measuring perceived receipt of filial piety among Chinese middle-aged and older adults. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 35(2), 195-208. doi: 10.1007/s10823-019-09391-7
  • Fiocco, A.J., Meisner, B.A. (2020) Mindful aging: The association between trait mindfulness and expectations regarding aging among middle aged and older adults. Aging and Mental Health. 24(4):591-595. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2018.1544216.
  • Huang, V.,* Lo, K. C., & Fiocco, A. J.1 (2020). Examining the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) in Older Chinese immigrants. Psychological Reports, 123(6), 2317-2636. doi.org/10.1177/0033294119868800
  • Fiocco, A.J., D’Amico, D.*, J., De Beaumont, Poirier, J., Lupien, S.J. (2020). Association between BDNF polymorphism and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in later adulthood. Gerontology, 66(2), 131-137. doi: 10.1159/000502143
  • D’Amico, D.*, Parrott, M., Greenwood, C., Ferland, G., Gaudreau P., Belleville, S., Laurin, D., Anderson, N.D., Kergoat, M-J, Morais, J.A., Presse, N., Fiocco, A.J. (2020). Sex differences in the relationship between diet pattern adherence and cognition among older adults: The NuAge study. Nutrition Journal,19, 58. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00575-3
  • D’Amico, D.*, Amestoy, M.*, Fiocco, A.J. (2020). The association between allostatic load and cognitive function: A systematic and meta-analytic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104849

2019

  • Fiocco, A.J.,Mallya, S.*, Farzaneh, M.* & Koszycki, D. (2019). Exploring the benefits of mindfulness training in healthy independent community-dwelling older adults using a mixed methods approach. Mindfulness, 10(1), 737-748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-1041-x
  • Wan, C., Boileau, K., D’Amico, D.*, Huang, V.*, Fiocco, A. J., Clément, R., & Bielajew, C. (2019). A cross-cultural analysis of salivary cortisol patterns in breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Management, 8(1). 10.2217/bmt-2019-0004
  • Mallya, S.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2019). The effects of mindfulness training on cognitive and psychosocial wellbeing among older family caregivers of persons with neurodegenerative disease. Mindfulness. doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01155-1
  • Fiocco, A.J., Krieger, L.*, D’Amico, D.D.*, Parrott, M., Laurin, D., Gaudreau, P., Greenwood, C.E., Ferland, G. (2019). A systematic review of existing peripheral biomarkers of cognitive aging: Is there enough evidence for biomarker proxies in behavioral modification interventions? An initiative in association with the Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Team of the Canadian Consortium of Neurodegeneration in Aging. Aging Research Reviews, 52, 72-119.
  • Sparrow, E.P., Armstrong, B.A., Fiocco, A.J., Spaniol, J. (2019). Effects of acute stress on intertemporal choice and altruism in younger and older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, 10-17. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.025

2018

  • Mallya, S.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2018). The impact of informal caregiving on cognitive function and wellbeing in Canada. International Psychogeriatrics, 30(7), 1049-1055. doi: 10.1017/S1041610217002605
  • Jiang, J., Fiocco, A.J., Cao, X., Jiang, L., Feng, W., Shen, Y., Li, T., Li, C.1 (2018) The moderating role of COMT and BDNF polymorphisms on transfer effects following multi- and single-domain cognitive training among community-dwelling Shanghainese older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00198
  • Ngueta, G., Verner, M-A, Fiocco, A.J., Lupien, S., Plusquellec, P. (2018). Blood lead levels and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function in middle-aged individuals. Environmental Research,106, 554-561. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.032.

2017

  • Huang, V.*, Young, M.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2017). The association between video game play and cognitive function: Does gaming platform matter? Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. 20(11): 689-694. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2017.0241.
  • Fiocco, A.J. & Hunse, A.* (2017). The buffer effect of therapy dog exposure on stress reactivity in undergraduate students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (7), 707 doi:10.3390/ijerph14070707.

2016

  • Mallya, S.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2016). Effects of mindfulness training on cognition and wellbeing in healthy older adults. Mindfulness, 7(2), 453-465.
  • Peck, K.*, Gerrard, T., Russo, F. & Fiocco, A.J. 1 (2016). Music and memory in Alzheimer’s Disease: Potential underlying mechanisms. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 51(4):949-59. doi: 10.3233/JAD-150998
  • Huang, V.*, Peck, K.*, Mallya, S.*, Lupien, S. & Fiocco, A.J. (2016). Subjective sleep quality as a possible mediator in the relationship between personality traits and depressive symptoms in middle-aged adults. PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157238.
  • Mah, L., Szabunieiwcz, C., & Fiocco, A.J. (2016). Can anxiety damage the brain? Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 29(1), 56-63. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000223.

2015

  • Fiocco, A.J. & Mallya, S.* (2015). The importance of cultivating mindfulness for cognitive function and psychological wellbeing in late life. Journal of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 20, 35-40. doi: 10.1177/2156587214553940
  • Nastaskin, R.* & Fiocco, A.J. (2015). A survey of diet self-efficacy and food intake in students with high and low perceived stress. Nutrition Journal. 14:42 doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0026-z.

2014

  • Souza-Talarico J.N., Plusquellec P., Lupien S.J., Fiocco A. & Suchecki D. (2014) Cross-Country Differences in Basal and Stress-Induced Cortisol Secretion in Older Adults. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105968.
  • Sindi, S., Fiocco, A. J., Juster, R., Lord, C., Pruessner, J., & Lupien, S. (2014). Now you see it, now you don’t: Testing environments modulate the association between hippocampal volume and cortisol levels in young and older adults. Hippocampus, 24,1623-1632.

2013

  • De Beaumont, L., Fiocco, A. J., Quesnel, G., Lupien, S., & Poirier, J. (2013). Altered declarative memory in introverted middle-aged adults carrying the BDNF val66met allele. Behavioral Brain Research, 253, 152-156.
  • Fiocco, A. J., Scarcello, S., Chan, A., Oh, P., Proulx, G., & Greenwood, C. (2013). The effects of an exercise and lifestyle intervention program on cardiovascular, metabolic factors and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 37, 214-219.
  • Sindi, S., Fiocco, A.J, Juster, R-P., Pruessner, J. & Lupien, S. (2013). When we test, do we stress? Impact of the testing environment on cortisol secretion and memory performance in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, 1388-1396.

2012

  • Fiocco, A. J., Shatenstein, B., Ferland, G., Payette, H., Belleville, S., Kergoat, M ... Greenwood, C. E. (2012). Sodium intake and physical activity impact cognitive maintenance in older adults: The NuAge study. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 829.e21-829.e28.