Educated people cope better with dementia

People often call dementia senility, and it is estimated that it affects 10 percent of people over the age of 65.
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Ažurirano: 30.08.2013. 08:28h

Scientists from the famous British University of Cambridge, together with their Finnish colleagues, discovered that more educated people better conceal the impact of dementia on the brain.

The results of the analysis of the brains of 872 deceased people who agreed to participate in this research during their lifetime showed that education enables some people to better cope with changes in the brain caused by dementia, and because of this, they later show symptoms of this disease, which has a devastating effect on the brain. .

People often call dementia senility, and it is estimated that it affects 10 percent of people over the age of 65.

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