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Scientists identify a speech pattern that is a clear indication of a person in cognitive decline (www.earth.com)

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[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This "study" doesn't seem to provide anything other than a correlation between WFD and cognitive decline. Sample size also seemed low? (125 adults)

Now, if somebody regularly struggles to recall the word they want to use, I don't argue that "could" indicate cognitive decline. However, it seems far from being a "clear indication".

Anybody with knowledge in related fields who wants to tackle reading the full published article, I'd be keen to hear your thoughts! But really seems like the linked article overplays the results for dramatic effect...

[–] DisOne@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Near the bottom of this article it mentions that WFD isn’t the thing, but instead reaction time. Either way this does require an expert opinion

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

That sounds like an important distinction; I appreciate it.

I am kinda assuming the actual study has valid use; I think I probably just found the way it was described off-putting.

But yeah, expert opinion would definitely help here. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯