{"id":108375,"date":"2020-06-08T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/repetitive-negative-thinking-linked-to-dementia-risk"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:42:20","slug":"repetitive-negative-thinking-linked-to-dementia-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/repetitive-negative-thinking-linked-to-dementia-risk","title":{"rendered":"Repetitive negative thinking linked to dementia risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/repetitive-negative-thinking-linked-to-dementia-risk3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, finds a new UCL-led study.<\/p>\n<p>In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer\u2019s &amp; Dementia, researchers found \u2018repetitive negative thinking\u2019 (RNT) is linked to subsequent cognitive decline as well as the deposition of harmful brain proteins linked to Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers say RNT should now be further investigated as a potential risk factor for dementia, and psychological tools, such as mindfulness or meditation, should be studied to see if these could reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/dementia+risk\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">dementia risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, finds a new UCL-led study. In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer\u2019s &amp; Dementia, researchers found \u2018repetitive negative thinking\u2019 (RNT) is linked to subsequent cognitive decline as well as the deposition of harmful brain proteins linked to Alzheimer\u2019s. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}