{"id":44724,"date":"2026-04-08T11:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44724"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:42:23","slug":"personality-trait-that-lowers-dementia-risk-revealed-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44724","title":{"rendered":"Personality trait that lowers dementia risk revealed: study"},"content":{"rendered":"


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An estimated 42% of Americans<\/a> over the age of 55 are expected to develop dementia at some point, but there\u2019s a bright side to that dark statistic.<\/p>\n

Researchers from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health are adding to growing evidence that one particular personality trait can lower the risk of dementia<\/a> \u2014 optimism.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with previous studies, our findings provide support for the possibility that optimism causally contributes to cognitive health and may be considered an asset for brain health,\u201d the researchers recently wrote in the Journal of the American Geriatrics\u00a0Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n