Sexual satisfaction removes the risk of cognitive decline

Watch out for sexual satisfaction in the course of one’s life: in addition to the psychological aspect, it also serves other purposes, so to speak. explains it ainvestigation just posted on Gerontologist and conducted by Penn State University. What does he say? That poor sexual satisfaction and decline in erectile function in males are significantly associated with future memory loss. In short, a significant cognitive impairment.

This is the first study to longitudinally track sexual satisfaction in tandem with sexual health and cognition, and the findings point to a potential new risk factor for cognitive decline. “What is unique about our approach is that we measured memory function and sexual function at each time point in the studyso you can observe how they have changed together over time – has explained Martin Sliwinskiprofessor of human development and family studies at Penn State and co-author of the study – what we found connects to what scientists are beginning to understand about the link between personal satisfaction and cognitive performance.

How the study was conducted

The investigation investigated 818 men between 56 and 68 years (participants in the Vietnam Era Twin Study) investigating the relationship between physical changes such as microvascular changes relevant to erectile function and psychological changes, including low sexual satisfaction, to determine their relationship with cognitive mechanisms. This report has been reviewed starting in middle age because that very moment represents the transition period in which erectile dysfunction and declines in sexual cognition and satisfaction begin to emerge. As always, relationship does not mean causality.

Through neuropsychological testssuch as tests of memory and processing speed, the team looked at the participants’ cognitive changes over 12 years from 56 to 68 years of the subjects analysed, adapting to the cognitive abilities of participants in young adulthood. Their erectile function and sexual satisfaction were measured along with cognition, using the International Index of Erectile Function, a self-reported assessment of male sexual health. Eventually he made a statistical model to understand how the three variables changed with the aging of individuals.

“When we mapped the relationship over time, we found that increases or decreases in erectile function and sexual satisfaction were associated with simultaneous increases or decreases in cognition,” he said. Riki SlaydayPhD candidate and lead author of the survey – these associations held after adjusting for demographic and health factors, which tells us that there is a clear connection between our sex lives and our cognition.

Essentially, scientists have found that if you have low overall satisfaction you are actually at increased risk, at least in the long run, for health problems such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease and other stress-related problems. In reverse, improvements in sexual satisfaction may stimulate improvement in memory function and cognition mechanisms. “We tell people they should exercise more and eat better foods,” the authors conclude. “We’re showing that sexual satisfaction is also important for our health and overall quality of life.”
One question, however, immediately arises spontaneously: will it only apply to men?

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