新研究：悲观的人更容易得老年痴呆症
<p><span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pleasant">pleasant</span> <span word="diagnosis">diagnosis</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="times">times</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="markers">markers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span>, <span word="repetitive">repetitive</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span>.</p><p>即使在最好的情况下，人们也不喜欢听到老年痴呆这个诊断结果，现在研究表明老年痴呆的一些早期症状其实和我们自己重复的消极思维模式有关。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="specifically">specifically</span> <span word="at">at</span> '<span word="repeat">repeat</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span>', <span word="which">which</span> <span word="isn">isn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="sad">sad</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="through">through</span> - <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="defined">defined</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cognitive">cognitive</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="encompasses">encompasses</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="worrying">worrying</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ruminating">ruminating</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span>.</p><p>这项研究特别关注了“重复消极思维”，并不是指我们常有的悲伤的想法，它其实是一个认知过程，包括我们的担忧和反思。</p><p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="obsessive">obsessive</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cognitive">cognitive</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aggregation">aggregation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="amyloid">amyloid</span> <span word="beta">beta</span> <span word="proteins">proteins</span> – <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="protein">protein</span> <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p>该团队的研究结果是，这些强迫性消极思维模式与认知能力下降程度增加以及淀粉样β蛋白的聚集有关，淀粉样β蛋白是大脑中与老年痴呆有关的蛋白。</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="stages">stages</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="caveats">caveats</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="observational">observational</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="causation">causation</span> - <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ruminating">ruminating</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span>.</p>
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