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Cognitive resilience may improve prediction of Alzheimer’s dementia

Researchers have identified a measure of cognitive resilience that helps explain why people with similar Alzheimer’s-related brain pathology can develop dementia symptoms of different severity. The finding could improve understanding and prediction of Alzheimer’s dementia risk.

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Alzheimer’s risk reflects both brain pathology and cognitive resilience

A longitudinal study of 3,119 older adults found that Alzheimer’s disease dementia risk was associated independently with pathological burden and cognitive resilience. The two factors also interacted, with the highest risk among people with high pathology and low resilience.