Hi Given IQ correlates with school performance, and early IQ is known to correlate with dementia, hardly seems like a new finding?
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb01/dementia.aspx Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: July-20-15 11:48 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: [tips] If You Had Lousy Grades When You Were 10 Years Old, You're > Gonna Get Alzheimer's! > > Don't take my word for it, see this news article on the presentations at the > Alzheimer's Association International Conference: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11751788/School- > grades-aged-10-predict-risk-of-dementia.html > > The Telegraph's (UK) science editor writes: > > |Children with low school grades at the age of 10 are more likely to > |develop dementia later in life, scientists > have found for the first time. > | > |Youngsters who struggled in school were far more likely to suffer > |dementia as pensioners than average children, while high achievers were > |much less likely to develop the condition. > > Boy, if I could only remember how I did in school at age 10, I'd be a lot less > concerned -- or more concerned depending upon how I did. > > Anyway, the are summaries of other research such as: > > |In a separate study, experts at the University of California found that > |watching too much television and taking too little exercise in early > |adulthood more than doubles their risk of dementia. > > I am shocked --SHOCKED you hear! -- to find out that being a couch potato > might cause Alzheimer's disease. And all this time I thought that it only > caused > heart disease, diabetes, and other minor health problems. But that's not all. > Consider: > > |Likewise at [sic!] study of 8,300 over 65s by Harvard University found > |that the loneliest people suffered much faster cognitive decline than > |those with the most friends, a 20 per cent acceleration over 12 years. > > One wonders whether those lonely people spent a lot time at home watching > TV. > > Boy, this kind of research makes real confident that we'll find a cure of > Alzheimer's disease some time in the next 100 years. > Or perhaps the next millennia. YMMV. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&; > n=T&l=tips&o=46019 > or send a blank email to leave-46019- > 13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=46021 or send a blank email to leave-46021-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
