The Amish Struggle with Modernity

Beaman-Hall, Lori

doi:10.2307/3711832

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“…Finally, while it is well known that Amish men and women engage in work and hobbies that consist of building things and attention to detail, we did not have sufficient individual information about work and hobbies to include in our analyses. 19…”

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“…For example, a large proportion of the Amish have occupations that heavily rely on visuospatial abilities, such as construction, craftwork, and woodwork (eg, furniture building), as well as having high levels of physical activity and a low prevalence of obesity. [17][18][19] For this study, we propose that VSM is resistant to decline among the Amish, even among individuals who show significant impairments on other neuropsychological tests. Thus, we will test if VSM (using CPD) and VBM (using WLD) performance differs in older Amish individuals (both AD and cognitively unimpaired) compared with non-Amish individuals.…”

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Visuospatial and Verbal Memory Differences in Amish Individuals With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

Prough,

Zaman,

Caywood

et al. 2023

Alzheimer Disease &Amp; Associated Disorders

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Background: Verbal and visuospatial memory impairments are common to Alzheimer disease and Related Dementias (ADRD), but the patterns of decline in these domains may reflect genetic and lifestyle influences. The latter may be pertinent to populations such as the Amish who have unique lifestyle experiences. Methods: Our data set included 420 Amish and 401 CERAD individuals. Sex-adjusted, age-adjusted, and education-adjusted Z-scores were calculated for the recall portions of the Constructional Praxis Delay (CPD) and Word List Delay (WLD). ANOVAs were then used to examine the main and interaction effects of cohort (Amish, CERAD), cognitive status (case, control), and sex on CPD and WLD Z-scores. Results: The Amish performed better on the CPD than the CERAD cohort. In addition, the difference between cases and controls on the CPD and WLD were smaller in the Amish and Amish female cases performed better on the WLD than the CERAD female cases. Discussion: The Amish performed better on the CPD task, and ADRD-related declines in CPD and WLD were less severe in the Amish. In addition, Amish females with ADRD may have preferential preservation of WLD. This study provides evidence that the Amish exhibit distinct patterns of verbal and visuospatial memory loss associated with aging and ADRD.

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