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Predictive Personalities: How Personality Traits Influence Dementia Risk
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:37:15
Publish Date: 2024-07-23 22:00:06
Description:

While genetics and lifestyle can influence one’s riskof developing Alzheimer’s disease, other unexpected factors can shift the possibility. One of these factors is personality. Dr. Emorie Beck joins  Dementia Matters to share her research on the link between personality and Alzheimer’s risk. Dr. Beck breaks down the Big Five traits that make up someone’s personality and their effects on a person’s cognitive health. 

Guest: Emorie Beck, PhD, assistant professor, University of California, Davis

 

Show Notes

Read Dr. Beck’s study, “Personality predictors of dementia diagnosis and neuropathological burden: An individual participant data meta-analysis,” through the Alzheimer’s Association Journals website.

Learn more about Dr. Beck on her profile on the UC–Davis website.

Learn more about social isolation by listening to our episode, “The Impact of Social Isolation on Dementia Risk in Older Adults,” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and on our website.

Find out your personality type by taking the FiveThirtyEight Personality Quiz

Test your cognitive ability and participate in studies similar to Dr. Beck’s on TestMyBrain.org 

 

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