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Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why
(www.statnews.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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Eh. It was a much more in depth analysis than that and I enjoyed reading (as much as I can enjoy watching the country I live in slowly devolve into chaos) but they're also using a lot of specific diagnostic terms that I also use when documenting on actual patients so yeah I could understand a layperson not getting a whole lot out of it. I also enjoyed the differential diagnoses, for instance they're correct that that tangentiality can also be diagnostic of ADHD (although that's usually somewhat static over time, where here they're describing it as a steady decline in linearity).
People have frequently commented on how tangential my speech can be at baseline, and I'm ADHD AF. That said, people also usually mention that I always circle back around in some way that connects everything together and sometimes my coworkers have almost made a game of calling out when they realize how my tangent relates to the original topic, which is a reassuring working memory finding that isn't evidenced here.