Re: a pattern of speech called tangentiality

On Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:04:21 -0500, JAB wrote:

Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories
about why ...
...
This shifting from topic to topic, with few connections -- a pattern of
speech called tangentiality -- is one of several disjointed and
occasionally incoherent verbal habits that seem to have increased in
Trump's speech in recent years, according to interviews with experts in
memory, psychology, and linguistics.
 
Back in 2017, Trump's first year in the White House, a STAT analysis
showed Trump's speaking style had deteriorated since the 1980s. Seven
years on, now that Trump has the GOP presidential nomination, STAT has
repeated the analysis. The experts noted a further reduction in Trump's
linguistic complexity and, while none said they could give a diagnosis
without an examination, some said certain shifts in his speaking style
are potential indications of cognitive decline.
...
...
These could be attributed to a variety of possible causes, they said,
some benign and others more worrisome. They include mood changes, a
desire to appeal to certain audiences, natural aging, or the beginnings
of a cognitive condition like Alzheimer's disease.
 
https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/07/trump-mental-health-linguistic-

analysis-suggests-potential-cognitive-decline-experts-say/


well, the main issue with articles is this: "experts" talking about his
cognitive decline have been talking about it for years, but those were not
his actual doctors, and none of those ever would have talked about him
like that. (as we have learned he has them write fake opinions anyway)

On the other hand his mental decline HAS been notable, and many people
have noted that his decline reminds them of family members who suffered
from dementia. Me too by the way, he seems rather similar to how my gran
was before total cognitive loss set in. It was obvious to her family
members, but total strangers who met her only occasionally seemed to think
she was much more lucid than she actually was. She had worked all her life
in the hospitality industry and still had the talents for making people
believe she remembered them with various small tricks. Of course it was
more notable for us when she used those tricks on her family.