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Researchers Are Formal: This Symptom Mistakenly Taken for Dementia Reveals Another Disorder in the Elderly

Summary by psychologies.com
Repeated oblivion, difficulty following a conversation a little long, feeling of no longer having the head as before: in many elderly people, these signs immediately cause fear of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. This anxiety is reinforced when a balance shows performance a little below average in memory or mental computing tests. Recent research published in the Journal of Attention Disorders suggests, however, that part of these difficul…
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Repeated oblivion, difficulty following a conversation a little long, feeling of no longer having the head as before: in many elderly people, these signs immediately cause fear of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. This anxiety is reinforced when a balance shows performance a little below average in memory or mental computing tests. Recent research published in the Journal of Attention Disorders suggests, however, that part of these difficul…

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psychologies.com broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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