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douglas9

(4,474 posts)
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 12:39 PM Aug 2024

Cognitive Decline? Experts Find Evidence Trump's Mind Is Slowing

Hints of Donald Trump’s cognitive decline have been seen for the past several months, perhaps even years, as he campaigns to return to the White House, and experts are noticing.

The health and science publication STAT spoke to several experts in memory, psychology, and linguistics about patterns in Trump’s speech, which seems to growing more incoherent. Comparing his speeches from this year to those from 2017, researchers discovered that Trump uses shorter sentences, confuses his word order more often, repeats words and topics, and frequently goes on tangents.

These changes in Trump’s speech could be due to something as benign as mood changes or as serious as the beginnings of Alzheimer’s disease, the experts said. One academic, social psychologist James Pennebaker, performed a statistical analysis of transcripts from Trump speeches between 2015 and 2024, and found telling differences in how the former president and convicted felon speaks.

Pennebaker, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, found that Trump has increased his “all-or-nothing thinking,” using words such as “always,” “never,” and “completely.” This, along with his decrease in the use of positive words and increased references to negative emotions, could be a sign of depression, Pennebaker said.

https://newrepublic.com/post/184690/cognitive-decline-experts-find-evidence-trumps-mind-slowing

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Cognitive Decline? Experts Find Evidence Trump's Mind Is Slowing (Original Post) douglas9 Aug 2024 OP
In my opinion and no expert but........................... Lovie777 Aug 2024 #1
Cognitive Decline? Experts Find Evidence Trump's Mind Is Slowing ironman99 Aug 2024 #2
I've mentioned this before, but there's a book every American (especially us here) should read. ificandream Aug 2024 #3

Lovie777

(14,806 posts)
1. In my opinion and no expert but...........................
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 12:45 PM
Aug 2024

I've lived through several Dementia/Alzheimer relatives, and yes shithole is in that mix.

Secondly, Pres Biden was not. Fuck the media.

ironman99

(117 posts)
2. Cognitive Decline? Experts Find Evidence Trump's Mind Is Slowing
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:14 PM
Aug 2024

Plan:

He who shall not be named is elected. It signs a bunch of bills the F"""" the real people of the country. Six months later Junior Varsity and its cabinet enact the 25th Amendment. Junior Varsity, who should not be at the White House even as a visitor, moves into the pREsidency

Can we say ***ed.

ificandream

(10,400 posts)
3. I've mentioned this before, but there's a book every American (especially us here) should read.
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:38 PM
Aug 2024

It's called "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump." It's the best detailed argument against his mental competency with contributions from 37 mental health professionals.


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