People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive tests: new research

Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive... by atleta on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:46AM (#31906492)

Without reading the linked article: they have accounted for this by following up for 12 years and finding that isolated people have 26% higher risk of dementia. Which points to the direction that it's isolation causing the function loss and not simply a lack of function causing isolation. (Though, of course, that direction may very well be there too.)

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Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:00AM (#31907769)

I don't see that as evidence? Incipient dementia causes self-isolation - that could be the vector as well.

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Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive... by atleta on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:22PM (#31915352)

As I said, in the experiment it worked in the other direction: isolated people were more likely to suffer from dementia 12 years later.

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Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @07:35AM (#31918772)

And could that have meant their brain was wired differently to start with? Not everyone suffers from dementia - do the changes in the brain affect behavior all our lives?

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Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive... by atleta on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:50AM (#32002715)

I'm not sure what your point is. The research found a correlation between isolation and dementia and it also found evidence that the former causes the latter and not the other way around (which you argued could also be the case, in your first comment).

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