Older adults with a positive attitude towards ageing may be less likely to develop dementia, even if they are genetically predisposed to it, a study from the United States has found.
Researchers at Yale University studied a group of more than 4,000 adults aged 60 and above and found those who held positive beliefs about ageing had a 44 per cent lower risk of developing dementia than those who held negative beliefs.
The risk was even lower — almost halved — among people with a genetic predisposition to dementia.
"We found that those who had more positive age beliefs were less likely to develop dementia, even if they were at a higher risk," lead author Becca Levy said.
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