NEWS: Careful or Your Mind Will Stick Like That

MC_escher said:
All preliminary research will try to "suggest a link" with something. You got to at least look busy if you want grant money. "It suggests a new hypothesis and opens an avenue in exploration" Send more money!

The sample was 764, and I'd assume it was roughly divided by the 3 groups. That's not a generalizable sample. And they're not even long-term studies of the same people. correlation does not imply causation, etc etc. This stuff is by NO means conclusive, and it says so in the article.

"It remains to be seen whether there's a "real relationship" between the daydreaming part of the brain and Alzheimer's, he said."

I'm not going to worry just yet. I'm sure everything will be ok. Don't panic.