A recent study published in the Journals of Gerontology suggests that among older adults, higher levels of bodily awareness were correlated with a higher ability to detect phishing schemes and lying.
The study played out like this: more than 100 American adults were recruited, and divided categorically by age...participants were measured in terms of their ability to detect their heartbeat without taking their pulse.
The idea of interoceptive accuracy aligns well with the idea of a 'gut instinct.' Our bodies give us all kinds of data on a minute-to-minute basis, from signs of hunger, thirst, tiredness, and sickness to more emotional cues of fear, anger, and sadness.
The elderly are particularly at risk for being scammed, as their thought processes might not be quite as sharp, and loneliness may make them more prone to engaging with a scammer.
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