Dementia hits clever people harder, study finds

The Telegraph ^ | 1-25-25 | Michael Searles

[bimboeruption]

I should be fine.

[kiryandil]

Hunh?   

[Ikeon]

I’m screwed. Remind me, what were we talking about again?

[Gay State Conservative]

Harvard Medical School has the biggest "brain bank" of any medical school in the world. People leave their brains...or give the brains of their loved ones...to Harvard. Those familiar with how medical research works know that a single study on a given topic...even one conducted by respected researchers...cannot be taken as "gospel". It's only after several researchers study the same topic and reach similar conclusions that "science" can begin to accept the validity of the conclusions.

I want to see what Harvard...Columbia....Hopkins...Mayo Clinic...Stanford have to say on the subject.

[rellic]

Pretty easy to figure out.
It just takes you longer to figure out that an idiot is deteriorating.
They are already at the lower point of intelligence.
Why do you think the USA still has Democrats?

[Gay State Conservative]

Keep you chin up! One of the wonderful things about Alzheimer’s is that you’re always meeting new people.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

“Dementia claims the lives of smarter people sooner, scientists have discovered.”

Well. I guess Joe Biden is an outlier.

[Don_Ret_USAF]

You can hide your Easter Eggs!

[skr]

Lol!

My report cards started on the high side and ended lower by the time I got through college. If I had any smarts, they slowly faded into oblivion, so maybe I won’t have to. :D

Terrible at P.E. though. I wonder how that factors in?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Uh oh. Either ALL FReepers get dementia.

Or do none of get dementia?

Hmmm…

[JayGalt]

Another garbage study brought to us by the usual suspects.

[GOPJ]

They are already at the lower point of intelligence. Why do you think the USA still has Democrats?

LOL - it IS tempting to tell democrats what we really think of them..

[Telepathic Intruder]

Biden was never very smart.

[Keyhopper]

You can hide your own Easter eggs

[Scrambler Bob]

Studying on FR and interacting is like an advanced degree.

Oops.

[lee martell]

I’ve heard of a similar paradox. I have always read that high intellect people can be the easiest to hypnotize.
Why? Perhaps because most smart folks are very open minded to learning new things and considering new solutions to problems. A person who is trained to be a good student, gets into the habit of withholding judgement and at times, going with a suggestion, even if just learning by rote.
A compelling Hypnotist may be able to sell their delusion well enough to be accepted as is,

[bimboeruption]

>>>>Studying on FR and interacting is like an advanced degree.<<<<

That’s very true, Scrambler.

And watching YouTube videos.

[the_Watchman]

I had a stint at Barrow’s Neurological Institute where I was operated on for a spinal leak of brain fluid. Afterwards, I was fully tested for brain function by
neurologists. They told me that I should self test because the people around me would not be able to detect any mental deterioration.

That seems to match what the article is saying.

I use a Sudoku app on my iPad. The app keeps track of the average time it takes to solve the puzzles. So far, I have not detected any slowdowns.

They didn’t tell me what I should do if I did detect a problem.

[Jonty30]

I think the term clever here is being used to described doubled faced people, trying to maintain two positions simultaneously.

[CottonBall]

Just being in college is too vague.

The people studying physics are not similar to those in gender studies