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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: a pattern of speech called tangentiality
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 12:19:38 +0200
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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.