• DisOne@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    Near the bottom of this article it mentions that WFD isn’t the thing, but instead reaction time. Either way this does require an expert opinion

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      11 hours ago

      Reaction time in what sense? I read some of it, and it states that slower reactions are part of the normal ageing process as well!

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        9 hours ago

        Basically they’re seeing slower speech overall: “Instead, overall reaction time – the raw speed of pulling any word – stood out as the best indicator. The finding nudged attention back toward general processing speed.”

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      4 days ago

      That sounds like an important distinction; I appreciate it.

      I am kinda assuming the actual study has valid use; I think I probably just found the way it was described off-putting.

      But yeah, expert opinion would definitely help here. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯