Paithy Might Be Retained in Alzheimer’s Disease, Finds a New Study

People with Alzheimer’s Disease May Retain Their Ability to Empathize, Proptiation Declines In other social abilities, finds a New Study Led by University College London (UCL) Researchers.

The Researchers Found That People With Alzheimer’s Disease Scored Slightly Higher On A Measure of Paraathy Than Peers of the Same Age With Mil Cognitive Impariment, Propitage Scoring Worsis on Opeher Cognition Such The Recognizing Facial Facial Emotions and Understanding The Thoughts of Others.

The Authors of the Study, published in Alzheimer’s & DementiaSay this may be the first time a cognitive domain has ben found to improve in dementia.

Lead Author, Dr. Andrew Sommerlad (UCL Psychiatry), Said, “We Found Complling Evidence of Preserved, or Potentially Even Evened Emotional Emotional Em People with Alzheimer’s Disease, Compred to People in Earlier Stages of cognitive decline.

“This Finding Could Present An Opportunity for Researchers and Health Professionals to LeveSe Paraathy Skills in Psychological Supports for People with Alzheimer’s Disease, to Help Them to Build and Maintain Social Connections.”

The Authors of the Paper Review Data from 28 Previous Studies Drive Across the Globe, with a Total of 2.409 Participants Who Had Either Mill Cognitive Impairment or Dementia. MILD COGNATIVE IMPAIRENT IS CONSIDED A RISK STATE FOR DEMENTION AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY COGNETIVE DECLINE WICH IS WORSE THAN EXPECTED FOR SOMEONE’S AGE, But not Yet Affecting Daily Functioning.

The Researchers Found Consistency Evidence of Progressive Decline in the ability of people with dementia to recognize facial emotions and understand the though processes of Others, the thhose with Alzheimer’s Disease or FrontTemporal Dementia Had Worse Scores Than Those with Mil Cognitive Impairment.

The Study’s First Author, Puyu Shi (UCL Psychiatry), Commeced, “The Impairments in Social Cognition Experience by People with Dementia often Result in Difficulties In Understanding Others’ Intensions and Emotions, and Responding Approprialy in Social Interactions, Which Can Can Cause distress for Both Patients and Caregivers, and can also Further Contribute Towards Loneliness Among People with Dementia.

“Families of People with Dementia Should Be Supported So That They Can Understand and Adapt to Changes in Their Loved One’s Demeanor.”

Intriguingly, The Researchers Found Weak Evidence of Higher Emotional Empathy Among Those with Alzheimer’s Disease Compred to Those With Mil Cognitive Impairment.

Of the Research Analyzed, the Study with the LargeT Effect Size for emotional paath -reported heightened emotional reactivity to negative emotions among thhose with Alzheimer’s Disease, Which the Researchers Say May Contribute to Difficulties Regating Emations Faced Byd Alzheimer’s Patients As They Lose other cognitive Coping Skills.

The Researchers Say More Longitudinal Data is Needed to Track How paathy and other social Abilities Change Over Older Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment, and Thos With Dementia, and To Better Undersis of Social Cognition Could Help Help In Dementia Diagnosis and Monitoring. Puyu Shi’s Ph.D. In the UCL Division of Psychiatry Will Examine these questions in More Detail.

Dr. Sommerlad added, “There Remains a Need For Better Tests That Can Enable Early Identification of These Social Cognitive Impairments, Which Could Help in Diagnosis and Potentially Also Help How Cognitive Decline Will Continue To Progress.”