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Personality and lifestyle in relation to dementia incidence

Hui‐Xin Wang, Anita Karp, Agneta Herlitz, Michael Crowe, Ingemar Kåreholt, Bengt Winblad, Laura Fratiglioni

Neurology · 2009 · 133 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Low neuroticism in combination with high extraversion is the personality trait associated with the lowest dementia risk; however, among socially isolated individuals even low neuroticism alone seems to decrease dementia risk.

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