The News:
Goal-driven may be less prone to dementia
The Alzheimer's study found that a purposeful personality may help protect the brain.
By Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 10/02/2007 01:10:52 AM MDT
Chicago - A surprising study of elderly people suggests that those who see themselves as self-disciplined, organized achievers have a lower risk for developing Alzheimer's disease than people who are less conscientious. A purposeful personality may somehow protect the brain, perhaps by increasing neural connections that can act as a reserve against mental decline, said study co-author Robert Wilson of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
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