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Study: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
concertina226 (2447056) writes "Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland have found that people who have high levels of cynical distrust are three times as likely to suffer from dementia in later life, than those who have more faith in other people. Their study is the first of its kind to look at the relationship between cynicism and dementia. Entitled: 'Late-life cynical distrust, risk of incident dementia, and mortality in a population-based cohort', it is published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology. Over a period of eight years, the researchers studied 1,499 people, who all had an average age of 71. The participants were given tests for dementia and a questionnaire to measure their level of cynicism, based on the Cook-Medley Scale."
Reading about bogus 'studies' like this makes me more cynical than ever, thus giving me dementia.
Just about all studies are crap anyway. Why would this one be any different?
Maybe people who blindly trust everyone never get identified as having dementia, because they just go along with everything you say?
Now get off my lampshade!
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I doubt it. :-P
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
What's their angle?
... but is it cause and effect? Or effect and effect? Could the very high levels of cynical distrust be a result of some malady that eventually causes the dementia?
You have just increased your dementia chances.
If you're optimistic in this world you are already delusional so how would they tell if you're suffering from dementia?
Just keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Apparently they put anti-dementia meds in it.