{hypothetical}What would happen if a habitually violent dementia patient gets their ass kicked, does their body/mind retain an instinct of fear or recognizance of that fact despite their memory loss?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 16 Jan 2026 12:54
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BEFORE ANYONE STARTS ASKING, I DONT HAVE ANY RELATIVES OR KNOW ANBODY LIKE THIS THAT I WOULD BE CARING FOR, its simply hypothetical^2^

^2^ - In terms of their future interactions with their caretaker-cum-asskicker?

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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Jan 2026 13:54 collapse

The nature of memory loss is not evenly distributed, across patients or across time, so I believe there is no single answer.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 2026 13:55 collapse

Thanks for this. Evenhanded