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What Masud Husain thinks about dementia

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Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford, whose research covers apathy, motivation, attention and Alzheimer's disease.

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  1. Our readingThe slowness of Parkinson's disease may be a failure of motivation to act rather than of motor control, which is why a patient can still run from a burning house.

    Their wordsSo it's a different way of framing why is there a reduction of action? Why is there bradicynesia, a slowing of movement in people with Parkinson's disease? That's really interesting. It doesn't just have to be about motor control. It could be the motivation to act just as we said with David, right?

    ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 17th of 24 in this recording

    motivation

    Interesting

  3. Our readingAlzheimer's disease and dementia are not the same thing: a fifth to a third of people whose brains carry the pathology never became demented.

    Their wordsAlzheimer's disease does not necessarily equal dementia. people can have Alzheimer's disease and not get dementia. So, we found this out from post-mortem studies. People have been followed as they age. Uh they've donated their brains and it turns out that perhaps 20 to 30% of these individuals who never had dementia have Alzheimer pathology.

    ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 21st of 24 in this recording

    Interesting

  5. Our readingKeeping a social network, staying curious and having a sense of purpose protect against dementia about as much as blood pressure and exercise do.

    Their wordsThose include that having that sense of purpose, making sure that you have a network of people, that you're socially connected as your age, and also remaining curious, open to new ideas. Those factors turn out to be almost as important as some of the physical things we do.

    ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 22nd of 24 in this recording

    Interesting

  7. Our readingApathy in an otherwise healthy older person doubles their risk of Alzheimer's, which means the disease changes behaviour long before it touches cognition.

    Their wordsWhat we find is that those individuals who score highly on just self-reported questionnaires for motivation, if they score highly for apathy, they have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than people who don't.

    ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 23rd of 24 in this recording

    motivation

    Interesting