Reader Response: Association of Self-reflection With Cognition and Brain Health in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults. (31st January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daly, Timothy
• Is Part Of: Neurology. Volume 100:Number 5(2023)
• Page Start: 261
• Page End: 262
• Publication Date: 2023-01-31
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurologie -- Périodiques; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000206813
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-3878

Abstract

Abstract : I have some issues with the claim of Demnitz-King and colleagues 1 that longitudinal and interventional studies are warranted to explicate whether self-reflection helps preserve cognition in older adults. Their assertion draws on the association of self-reflection with better global cognition and glucose metabolism and limited evidence that relationships are independent from health and lifestyle behaviors. The authors use a modified lifestyle for brain health (LIBRA) index, which provides a dementia risk score defined by empirical evidence and expert consensus.