Association of Amyloid-β Pathology with Decision Making and Scam Susceptibility.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent findings suggest that poor decision making and increased scam susceptibility are harbingers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia and may be among the earliest behavioral manifestations of pathologic cognitive aging. However, the degree to which poor decision making and scam susceptibility reflect accumulating Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology remains unclear.

Objective

To investigate the associations of AD pathology with decision making and scam susceptibility in older adults without dementia.

Methods

Data came from 198 deceased participants without clinical dementia (mean age at death = 90 years; 69%women) from two ongoing studies of aging. All underwent annual clinical evaluations, completed assessments of healthcare and financial decision making

SUBMITTER: Kapasi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178662 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature