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Study reveals a bi-directional link between daytime napping and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers say longer, more frequent napping was associated with worse cognition after one year, and worse cognition was linked to longer and more frequent daytime naps.
Extraverts are less likely to experience cognitive decline later in life, whereas individuals with neuroticism have an increased risk for cognitive dysfunction.
Alzheimer disease (AD) dementia may share common pathophysiological mechanisms or be bidirectionally related with excessive daytime napping.
Relationships between sleep and dementia may span decades
Alzheimer disease (AD) dementia may share common pathophysiological mechanisms or be bidirectionally related with excessive daytime napping.