Native English speaker: I’d only be worried if the titles of scientific papers in particular used to be clear to you, as scientific papers are often hard enough even for me, and I’m a listed author on one[0].

In this case:

> Life cycle patterns of cognitive performance over the long run

I’m not sure why it needs any words after “performance”.

[0] technically, and ages ago: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250219248_Bottom-up...