Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning, by Jeff Grabmeier ,

There were not enough late baby boomers (born in 1960 or later) to include in this study, but Zheng said he believes they will fare no better. The same might be true for following generations unless we find a solution for the problems found here, he said.

While many of the problems linked to lower cognitive functioning are symptoms of modern life, like less connection with friends and family and growing economic inequality, other problems found in this study are unique to the United States, Zheng said. One example would be the lack of universal access and high cost of health care.

"Part of the story here are the problems of modern life, but it is also about life in the U.S.," he said.

Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning, by Jeff Grabmeier ,


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Did they fail, or did the system fail them?


4 comments:

lastgreek said...

Well, if you live long enough you'll get some disease :(

Scientists obviously need to come up with a Viagra for the brain ;)

lastgreek said...

Apologies, K, but this is off topic -- but it was too funny not to share :)

Clyde Haberman @ClydeHaberman · 11h

If Trump were ever to go Yo Semite, he might try relaxing by reading about, say, So Crates or perhaps something from Euri Pides or maybe the noted Ancient Greek philosopher Testicles.


FWIW, the ancient Greek philosopher Testicles is over rated. Personally, I'd go with Salamander (aka Anaximander) :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander

Matt Franko said...

Drugs...

Andrew Anderson said...

Drugs... Franko

Not so. Poverty and excessive drug use are a symptom of an unjust economic system, cf. Deuteronomy 15:4 and Proverbs 31:6-9.