Scientists identify a speech pattern that is a clear indication of a person in cognitive decline (www.earth.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to science@mander.xyz on 02 Jul 15:32
https://lemmy.world/post/32368138

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forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jul 15:55 next collapse

This “study” doesn’t seem to provide anything other than a correlation between WFD and cognitive decline. Sample size also seemed low? (125 adults)

Now, if somebody regularly struggles to recall the word they want to use, I don’t argue that “could” indicate cognitive decline. However, it seems far from being a “clear indication”.

Anybody with knowledge in related fields who wants to tackle reading the full published article, I’d be keen to hear your thoughts! But really seems like the linked article overplays the results for dramatic effect…

DisOne@lemmy.zip on 02 Jul 16:47 collapse

Near the bottom of this article it mentions that WFD isn’t the thing, but instead reaction time. Either way this does require an expert opinion

forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jul 17:06 collapse

That sounds like an important distinction; I appreciate it.

I am kinda assuming the actual study has valid use; I think I probably just found the way it was described off-putting.

But yeah, expert opinion would definitely help here. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tronn4@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 16:13 next collapse

Points wildly at 47

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jul 16:14 next collapse

Is it “covfefe”?

Or, maybe audible, random capitalization?

Ooh, I know! It’s proudly declaring “acing” sanity tests?

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Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io on 02 Jul 17:26 collapse

Citation:
Cognitive components of aging-related increase in word-finding difficulty
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13825585.2024.2315774