Alabama NewsCenter — Dr. Ann examines latest study on negative thoughts and brain power

By Dr. Ann Kulze

Stop those negative thoughts! When it comes to brain power, it appears your thoughts matter. That was the eye-opening conclusion of a provocative study published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

For this study, scientists carefully measured the cognitive function of 292 middle-aged to older people over a four-year period. The cognitive assessments included measures of memory, spatial cognition, attention and language.

The study subjects had their thinking patterns regularly monitored by responding to a series of questions over two of the four years. The thought-pattern questionnaire was designed to identify repetitive negative thinking (RNT for short). RNT includes ruminating about negative past events as well as future sources of anxiety.

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