OMG? Possible link between daydreaming and alzheimer's?!

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:21 pm

This had better be incorrect, because I'll definately be looking at potentially getting this horid disease when I'm 30.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... heimers_dc

Although unconfirmed, there is evidence that daydreaming could lead to alzheimer's in the long run.

Well, there I go. I daydream about everything. Whether it be certain people without clothes, kicking somebody's ass, eating something good, playing a good game, programming, going someplace cool, I always do it.

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:12 pm

Maybe daydreaming is an early symptom of alzheimers. 404, by the way.

Wutai · Post by **Wutai** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:15 pm

The link didn't work for me.

I daydream alot, mostly in school. Could I be at risk?!?!??!?

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:23 pm

Sorry guys, fixed the link.

Wutai · Post by **Wutai** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:37 pm

Yes! Link worked.

Scary thoughts. I don't want to forget my name!

Drakor · Post by **Drakor** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:46 pm

damn, if that is true then i'll deffinitally get it

Post by **JS Lemming** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:01 pm

Hopefully they'll get a cure out before I go down in flames. I HATE forgeting things... especialy cool things that I am currently thinking of and then suddenly forget.

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:04 am

RTA, it says that daydreaming areas are the same areas that fail, not that daydreaming causes alzheimers.

The parts of the brain that young, healthy people use when daydreaming are the same areas that fail in people who have Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study that may someday help in preventing or diagnosing the disease.

spideyspiderman2000 · Post by **spideyspiderman2000** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:19 am

That can't be true....

Marx Chaotix · Post by **Marx Chaotix** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:47 pm

Man that's a scary thought of forgetting things all the sudden.

spideyspiderman2000 · Post by **spideyspiderman2000** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:22 pm

I have to disprove that.

*Goes off to think up some theory of some sort*

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:21 pm

Hypothesis. You would think up a hypothesis until you get evidence supporting it.

spideyspiderman2000 · Post by **spideyspiderman2000** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:30 am

Right.

Could this be a sign of alzheimers since I daydream in science?

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:59 pm

No, it doesn't say daydreaming is a sign of alzheimers, just that the same area that you use to daydream is the same area that fails when you get alzheimer's... If I read correctly.

spideyspiderman2000 · Post by **spideyspiderman2000** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:39 pm

Oh....

Well, that doesn't make any of this necessarily true (as Mar stated earlier).