Claude Shannon had Alzheimer’s so I’m not sure if being really smart with a playful mind protects you.
“Shannon developed Alzheimer's disease and spent the last few years of his life in a nursing home; he died in 2001”
“Shannon developed Alzheimer's disease and spent the last few years of his life in a nursing home; he died in 2001”
I'm just a lay person, not a clinician or researcher, but it seems fairly evident to me that Alzheimer's and similar diseases are the result of:
-- Genetics
-- Environment
-- Lifestyle
So while doing puzzles or learning a second language might be good for us overall and ward off some forms of dementia, it doesn't feel like it's going to make much difference in whether we get Alzheimers (or Parkinsons, or Lewy-Body, etc).
In fact, any question you have that relies on thousands of doctors and professors in the field missing something obvious is always "no" (cf "never a compiler error").
Are you scoffing at the idea that Alzheimer's symptoms could reduce intellectual engagement?
Or just at the idea that experts could have missed it in favor of the opposite relationship?