Research Dementia is more common among the married than the unmarried

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...-unmarried

KEY POINTS: Recent research found that people who were not married were less at risk than married people for dementia. One contributing factor may be that single people are better at maintaining their social ties. Single people may also have a greater variety of interesting and unique experiences... (MORE - details, only light ads)

[Magical Realist]

Well finally one advantage to living alone. I personally think long bouts of silence are very good for the mind. It keeps you alive and sensitive to the purely perceptual. It also encourages reading and writing, both good exercises for the memory.