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Vulnerability to financial scams in aging adults could be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows

  • Written by Laura Fenton, PhD student in Clinical Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA brain region called the entorhinal cortex may offer an important puzzle piece to understanding early Alzheimer's disease.Andrew Bret Wallis/The Image Bank via Getty Images

A brain region affected very early in Alzheimer’s disease may explain why some aging people are at greater risk of financial exploitation. That is the key finding of our...

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