I have read the exact oppisite in other studies, as well as the more education you have the later the onset.
The report is from Australia, second only in inaccuracies to UK.
Yep, I'd heard about that delayed onset phenomenon as well.
Looks like the last two lines of this article tries to reconcile that
with the "steeper decline" in the more educated folks.
An extended family member is in decline with Alzheimers...but
she is one of the type that can talk to you, "read" you and carry on
rational talk for...awhile.
She totally suckered her daughter and son-in-law for a couple of years
until they got her in for a full diagnostic work-up.
I think you and I have nothing to worry about! (oppisite?!?)
I hope you didn't do that on purpose or you're in big trouble!
There is an episode of Rocky and Bulwinkle that is relevant here.
In it, Boris zaps moose and squirrel with a stupid gun. Rocky goes stupid, but Bulwinkle is unaffected.
Natasha asks "why ray gun not work on moose".
Boris replies" ray gun affects the brain. with moose, no brain, no effect"
Here, Alzheimers affects the brain. Little brain, little effect.
That was mentioned. But, if the educated person stopped reading and writing after, say, fifty, would the decline begin later and go quickly, or if the mental activity continued all along would the decline begin later and go more slowly?