CNN: A new study showed that cynical people have a higher likelihood of developing dementia.
CNN: A new study showed that cynical people have a higher likelihood of developing dementia.
“There have been previous studies that showed that people who were cynical were more likely to die earlier and have other poor health outcomes, but no one that we could tell ever looked at dementia,” said Anna-Maija Tolppanen, one of the study’s authors and a professor at the University of Eastern Finland. “We have seen some studies that show people who are more open and optimistic have a lower risk for dementia so we thought this was a good question to ask.”
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