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OMG? Possible link between daydreaming and alzheimer's?!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:21 pm
by Falco Girgis
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:12 pm
by MarauderIIC
Maybe daydreaming is an early symptom of alzheimers. 404, by the way.
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:15 pm
by Wutai
The link didn't work for me.
I daydream alot, mostly in school. Could I be at risk?!?!??!?
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:23 pm
by Falco Girgis
Sorry guys, fixed the link.
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:37 pm
by Wutai
Yes! Link worked.
Scary thoughts. I don't want to forget my name!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:46 pm
by Drakor
damn, if that is true then i'll deffinitally get it
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:01 pm
by JS Lemming
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:04 am
by MarauderIIC
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:19 am
by spideyspiderman2000
That can't be true....
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:47 pm
by Marx Chaotix
Man that's a scary thought of forgetting things all the sudden.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:22 pm
by spideyspiderman2000
I have to disprove that.
*Goes off to think up some theory of some sort*
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:21 pm
by MarauderIIC
Hypothesis. You would think up a hypothesis until you get evidence supporting it.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:30 am
by spideyspiderman2000
Right.
Could this be a sign of alzheimers since I daydream in science?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:59 pm
by MarauderIIC
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:39 pm
by spideyspiderman2000
Oh....
Well, that doesn't make any of this necessarily true (as Mar stated earlier).