{"id":307,"date":"2023-03-20T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/?p=307"},"modified":"2023-03-20T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:56:05","slug":"hearing-loss-and-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/20\/hearing-loss-and-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Loss and Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent JAMA study, found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2800197?guestAccessKey=87b677fa-000a-4e49-b3aa-7a9b13e3e2d3&amp;utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_content=tfl&amp;utm_term=011023\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> describes a strong correlation between hearing loss and dementia in older adults. A commentator interpreted this correlation to mean that people should do all they can to mitigate hearing loss as soon as it appears so as to reduce the risk of developing dementia. You may want to use this study, and particularly the commentator&#8217;s assertion as an example of how easy it is to over-interpret the meaning of a correlation. <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-categories-list wp-block-categories-taxonomy-category wp-block-categories\">\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/rmstats\/\">Research Methods &amp; Statistics<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/biopsych\/\">Biological Aspects of Psychology<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/s-and-p\/\">Sensation and Perception<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/learning\/\">Learning<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/memory\/\">Memory<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/tca\/\">Thinking and Cognitive Abilities<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/consciousness\/\">Consciousness<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/m-and-e\/\">Motivation and Emotion<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-11\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/development\/\">Development<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/hsc\/\">Health, Stress, and Coping<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/personality\/\">Personality<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-17\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/disorders\/\">Psychological Disorders<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/treatment\/\">Treatment of Psychological Disorders<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/social\/\">Social Psychology<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-16\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/iopsych\/\">Industrial\/Organizational Psychology<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent JAMA study, found here describes a strong correlation between hearing loss and dementia in older adults. A commentator interpreted this correlation to mean that people should do all they can to mitigate hearing loss as soon as it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/20\/hearing-loss-and-dementia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rmstats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcjttF-4X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":279,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/10\/nightmares-and-dementia\/","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":0},"title":"Nightmares and Dementia","author":"dbernstein","date":"October 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"An article found here describes a study of middle-aged and older adults showing that men who have nightmares at least once a week are significantly more likely than other men to develop dementia. 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