{"id":823264,"date":"2026-05-26T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/823264\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:45:28","slug":"speech-patterns-that-may-signal-dementia-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/823264\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Patterns That May Signal Dementia Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUsually it starts with proper nouns, so the person who\u2019s saying, \u2018I can remember everything about that actor, but I can\u2019t think of their name right now,\u2019\u201d added Whitson.<\/p>\n<p>There are also limitations to this study. \u201cSpeech patterns are very dependent on culture and even families,\u201d said Whitson, and this study doesn\u2019t address the aspect of speech differences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, it\u2019s common for folks in the south to speak slower and with more pauses than those in the north, and that is not a sign of cognitive decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More, this data was all \u201cdrawn from one time point,\u201d Whitson said. So, there is nothing to compare someone\u2019s speech patterns to. Meaning, someone\u2019s use of the word \u201cuh\u201d may be normal and something they picked up in childhood, not a sign of cognitive decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cUsually it starts with proper nouns, so the person who\u2019s saying, \u2018I can remember everything about that actor,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":823265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[35],"tags":[2095,210,1141,1142,517,45533,67,132,68,45534],"class_list":["post-823264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-evergreen","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-mental-health","tag-syndicated-huffpost","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-womens-content"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116640948397512415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}