Warped Sense Of Humour Could Be An Early Sign Of Dementia, Says Study

[flamingdem]

Scientists at University College London (UCL) said a change in humour occurs in dementia patients many years before they are diagnosed.

It surveyed the friends and family of 48 patients with frontotemporal dementia and found that many sufferers laughed inappropriately at tragic events.

People with frontotemporal dementia can develop new personality traits, becoming more impulsive while struggling to deal with certain social situations.

The study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, asked patients’ loved ones to rate the sufferer’s liking for different types of comedy, ranging from slapstick to satire and inappropriate humour.

Almost all of those surveyed said they had noticed a change in the person’s sense of humour in the nine years before they were diagnosed with dementia.

http://news.yahoo.com/warped-sense-of-humour-could-be-an-early-sign-of-085643501.html

[annabanana]

1. OK folks.. It looks like we are all

DOOMED

[ret5hd]

3. Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

[flamingdem]

8. Is it inappropriate to laugh at a trainwreck?

.. if it's the Republican Party

[JackInGreen]

2. I'm doomed

BUT ive got a solution and the whole family in on it.

I lose time, don't recognize anyone, think I'm in the wrong place..."dad...it's ok Dad...you managed a quantum leap on your own timeline, breath".
I'LL BE FINE!
Now...lamenting the 'future'....different story

[Codeine]

4. Luckily mine hasn't changed,

it's always been fucked-up.

[NV Whino]

5. Oh, oh.

[trumad]

6. Meta

[haikugal]

7. Well then...

I refuse to give up Far Side..I don't care what they say!

[polly7]

9. uh ohhh ..... nt.

[LiberalArkie]

10. I am DOOMED. My sense of humor has been weird for a few years (Reagan) when I realized

that just about everyone around me was nutty as a fruitcake. (Not to disparage fruitcakes)

[LiberalArkie]

11. Does it count if you think that "Blazing Saddles" is a documentary about the American west and that

"Idiocracy" is a future study of the American white male?

[rocktivity]

12. My warped sense of humor kicked in at the age of thirteen

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when I described the Easter outfit I'd been issued as "making me look five years younger."


rocktivity

P.S. There's a DU-er here who has posted about having this condition. Would letting him/her know about this be an example of warped humor, or just being mean?

[GliderGuider]

13. What everyone else said!

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[Omaha Steve]

14. I have FTD

Marta says the way I laugh changed 10 years ago or so.

[rocktivity]

15. The WAY you laughed

or what you laughed ABOUT???


rocktivity

[Omaha Steve]

18. The way I physically laugh changed

I didn't notice it.

[hobbit709]

16. I've had a warped sense of humor all my life.

I'm DOOMED!!!

[lpbk2713]

17. Could it also be a sign of true genius?

A lot of people thought George Carlin was strange but he had no equal in comedy.

[geek tragedy]

19. Uh oh. nt

[First Speaker]

20. That's OK--if you just eat enough bacon, the effects are neutralized...