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To carry out this study, the scientists followed for 8 years more than 4,400 couples aged over 50 whose optimistic character was defined according to the responses to a questionnaire.
According to this follow-up, the researchers established a link between optimism within the couple and good cognitive functioning. “A significant degree of optimism is associated with a healthy lifestyle, which predicts better cognitive functioning” establishes the study.
Slower cognitive decline in optimistic couples
“We spend a lot of time with our spouses, they can encourage us to exercise, eat healthy, or remind us to take our medication,” said Dr. William Chopik, one of the study authors.
“When your partner is optimistic and in good health, this can translate into a similar result in your own life” he specifies, explaining that “maintaining a healthy weight, physical activity” can prevent Alzheimer’s disease or dementia and “it seems that people married to optimists tend to have good results on these indicators”.
If, over the years, a cognitive decline, inevitable with age, has been noted in optimistic couples like pessimistic couples, the latter experienced a greater decline.
Good news, according to Doctor Chopik quoted by the Daily Mail, This a quality that can “work” so that “everyone benefits from a healthy dose of optimism coming from their half”.
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