Unlocking the Mystery of Cognitive Decline Before Dementia
Researchers identified a specific language deficit in individuals with aMCI, highlighting difficulties with complex sentence interpretation. This discovery adds a new dimension to understanding and detecting dementia risk beyond traditional memory assessments.Study finds language-processing difficulties are an indicator — more so than memory loss — of amnestic mild cognitive impairment.Individuals with mild cognitive impairment, especially of the “amnestic subtype” (aMCI), are at increased risk for dementia due to…