US EditionLoneliness Can Affect Your Memory, but that Doesn't Mean It Leads to Dementia
Researchers followed more than 10,000 older adults for six years and found loneliness was tied to memory difficulties, not dementia.
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Loneliness can affect your memory, but that doesn't mean it leads to dementia
Loneliness is something most of us will experience at some point. It is a normal emotion, not a character flaw. But it is also something that can quietly affect how we think and remember, and researchers have long debated whether it might even raise the risk of dementia.
Loneliness can affect your memory – but that doesn’t mean it leads to dementia
Jelena Stanojkovic/Shutterstock.comLoneliness is something most of us will experience at some point. It is a normal emotion, not a character flaw. But it is also something that can quietly affect how we think and remember, and researchers have long debated whether it might even raise the risk of dementia. A new study, published in Aging and Mental Health, suggests the picture is more complicated than either side of that debate has allowed for. F…
According to a European study, lonely people do not lose their mental abilities faster than others. However, experts criticise the study and explain why social contacts protect.
Loneliness in older people is related to a worse initial memory performance, but not to a faster deterioration over time.This is the main conclusion of a study published in Aging & Mental Health this April.The research analyzed 10,217 European adults between 65 and 94 years of age over a period of six years.The objective was to examine how the perception of loneliness influences the evolution of memory, specifically in two dimensions: immediate …
Social isolation affects memory but does not accelerate its deterioration, according to an international study that has followed for seven years more than 10,000 elderly people in Europe.The results show that the most lonely people get worse initial results in memory tests.However, the rate of cognitive deterioration over time is similar to that of those who do not experience loneliness, which introduces new nuances in the relationship between s…
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